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Definition of Gastight
1. a. So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
Definition of Gastight
1. Adjective. impermeable to gases ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gastight
1. not allowing gas to escape or enter [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastight
Literary usage of Gastight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Thus a gastight mercury seal is formed which is tight no matter how fast the ...
To make a stuffing box gastight would require so much pressure that the ..."
2. Modern Gasworks Practice by Alwyne Meade (1916)
"65) which is designed to maintain a gastight joint while permitting the passage of
... The outlet of the coke hopper is closed by a special gastight device ..."
3. Electricity in Mining by Sydney Ferris Walker (1907)
"The iron boxes should be made gastight, and the cables entering them should pass
through gastight glands. There should also be careful provision against ..."
4. A Dictionary of Automobile Terms by Albert L. Clough (1913)
"Spark Plug—A device adapted to be inserted, gastight, into the compression space
of a gas motor cylinder, through a hole provided for the purpose in the ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"... gastight chambers G, G', through which the gases to bo used are let by the
tubes 0, 0' and H, H'. The second construction consists of a number of ..."
6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"Thus a gastight mercury seal is formed which is tight no matter how fast the ...
To make a stuffing box gastight would require so much pressure that the ..."
7. Modern Gasworks Practice by Alwyne Meade (1916)
"65) which is designed to maintain a gastight joint while permitting the passage of
... The outlet of the coke hopper is closed by a special gastight device ..."
8. Electricity in Mining by Sydney Ferris Walker (1907)
"The iron boxes should be made gastight, and the cables entering them should pass
through gastight glands. There should also be careful provision against ..."
9. A Dictionary of Automobile Terms by Albert L. Clough (1913)
"Spark Plug—A device adapted to be inserted, gastight, into the compression space
of a gas motor cylinder, through a hole provided for the purpose in the ..."
10. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"... gastight chambers G, G', through which the gases to bo used are let by the
tubes 0, 0' and H, H'. The second construction consists of a number of ..."
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