Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Impervious to light; excluding the light perfectly. Compare air-tight.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not penetrable by light

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Examples

  • Both cameras can register single photons of light on their supersensitive CCD digital arrays; both can be programmed to take long-exposure pictures in completely darkened spaces in light-tight chambers and rooms over minutes or even hours.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • After collecting thirty minutes of baseline data, we invited the respective angels to enter the light-tight chamber for thirty minutes.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • After collecting thirty minutes of baseline data, we invited the respective angels to enter the light-tight chamber for thirty minutes.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • For each of the four evening experimental sessions, Dr. Creath and I placed four germanium leaves, as well as four geranium flowers, in a completely dark, light-tight chamber that was housed in a light-tight darkroom.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • Both cameras can register single photons of light on their supersensitive CCD digital arrays; both can be programmed to take long-exposure pictures in completely darkened spaces in light-tight chambers and rooms over minutes or even hours.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • For each of the four evening experimental sessions, Dr. Creath and I placed four germanium leaves, as well as four geranium flowers, in a completely dark, light-tight chamber that was housed in a light-tight darkroom.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • After collecting thirty minutes of baseline data, we invited the respective angels to enter the light-tight chamber for thirty minutes.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • For each of the four evening experimental sessions, Dr. Creath and I placed four germanium leaves, as well as four geranium flowers, in a completely dark, light-tight chamber that was housed in a light-tight darkroom.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • Both cameras can register single photons of light on their supersensitive CCD digital arrays; both can be programmed to take long-exposure pictures in completely darkened spaces in light-tight chambers and rooms over minutes or even hours.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • Five healthy male volunteers in their 20s were placed bare-chested in front of the cameras in complete darkness in light-tight rooms for 20 minutes every three hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for three days.

    Boing Boing 2009

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