Watertightness


adjective
1.
constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water:
The ship had six watertight compartments.
2.
so devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade, or nullify:
a watertight contract; a watertight alibi.
adjective
1.
not permitting the passage of water either in or out: a watertight boat
2.
without loopholes: a watertight argument
3.
kept separate from other subjects or influences: different disciplines are often thought of in watertight compartments

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