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Ether

noun

(Written also aether)

The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies. Synonym: quintessence.

Any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom.

A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves. Synonym: aether.

A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic. Synonyms: diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether.

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"Ether" Quotes from Famous Books

... which has, originally in any case, been spent on the production of the smoothness. Everything moved with the regularity of the solar system, and, superior to that wild rush of heavy bodies through infinite ether, there was never the slightest fear of comets streaking their unconjectured way across the sky, or meteorites falling on unsuspicious picnicers. In Mrs. Assheton's house, supreme over climatic conditions, ...

— The Blotting Book • E. F. Benson

... go on the path of the sun, they go through the ether by means of their miraculous power; the wise are led out of this world, when they have conquered ...

— The Dhammapada • Unknown

... forehead. She mops it daintily with a bit of cambric and lace, and he watches her silently, while the branches of the tree above his head sway softly against each other, and the leaves whisper confidingly way up in the clear ether. ...

— Joyce's Investments - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry

... me—coming over me in a strange sudden revelation as I sat and looked at him—that he had given such love to the duchess, the gay little lady would have been marvelously embarrassed. It was hers to dwell in a radiant mid-ether, neither to mount to heaver nor descend to hell. And in one of theses two must dwell such feelings as ...

— The Indiscretion of the Duchess • Anthony Hope

... without, beneath the shadow of a high hedge, and gazed upon the unconscious musician with even deeper admiration; and his dark, expressive features lighted up with an emotion almost of reverence. The stars came forth in the translucent depths of ether; the young moon cast her tremulous light over the garden, yet still the intruder lingered in his place of concealment. Twice he put the boughs aside, as if to approach the room and announce his presence, but again receded, as if irresolute and uncertain ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 • Various

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