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ether /ˈiːθə/
▶noun
- 1 (also diethyl ether) a pleasant-smelling, volatile, highly flammable liquid used as an anaesthetic and as a solvent.
- 2 Chemistry any organic compound with an oxygen atom linking two alkyl groups.
- 3 (also aether) chiefly literary the clear sky; the upper regions of air beyond the clouds.
- 4 (also aether) Physics, historical a substance formerly postulated to permeate all space and to transmit light.
– derivatives
etheric /iːˈθɛrɪk, ˈiːθ(ə)rɪk/ adjective.
etheric /iːˈθɛrɪk, ˈiːθ(ə)rɪk/ adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr., or via L. from Gk aithēr ‘upper air’, from the base of aithein ‘burn, shine’.
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