Definition of Ether

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Definition of Ether

Ether

A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.

Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.

A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.

Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.

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Ether Quotations

There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
Hunter S. Thompson

I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired.
Richard Wagner

Dick Dart emerged from the ether during a flight from New York with my wife and children to Puerto Rico.
Peter Straub

Ether Translations

ether in Latin is aer, aeris
ether in Swedish is eter

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