light-tight
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From light (noun) + tight (adjective).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: lītʹtīt
Adjective[edit]
light-tight (comparative more light-tight, superlative most light-tight)
- Impervious to light; excluding the light perfectly.
- 2000, Stephen G. Anchell, The darkroom cookbook, page 127:
- From a practical point of view it is not always possible to achieve an absolute lighttight home darkroom.
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Related terms[edit]
- For other similar compound words, see the derived terms under tight.
Translations[edit]
light-tight
References[edit]
William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “light-tight”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3450.