Symons announces his partisan stand on a hermetic field; his assertions underscore the marginal value of his expertise.
To treat archaeological knowledge as personal and largely of ourselves is to turn a public knowledge of others - realized or potential - into a kind of private possession, a hermetic hermeneutic.
However, though the conference papers were delivered by many intelligent scholars, for the most part the studies reported in this volume exemplify the hermetic nature of linguistic research.
The abolition of frontiers should not lead to systematic controls in frontier areas or to the hermetic sealing of the external borders.
The associated charges which were put in the bill are to do with the hermetic sealing and the extra welding and packing which the airlines insist on.
Hermetic cases prevent entry of moisture and air but, lacking ventilation, can become hot if exposed to sunlight or other sources of heat.
His work was quickly branded hermetic and shoved to the side.
The motor division later introduced the hermetic motor, a critical component of air conditioning and refrigeration compressors.