Ether
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
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a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
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any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
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the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- aetherethoxyethanequintessence
- plural
- Ethers
- possessive
- Ether's
- pluralpossessive
- Ethers'