ether

Meaning of ether

noun
  1. The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
  2. Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
  3. The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
  4. A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
  5. Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
  6. Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
verb
  1. To viciously humiliate or insult.
    The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame.

Information about ether

  • The plural form of ether is: ethers.
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Hyphenation of ether

ether

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • ether is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

ether synonyms

Meaning ethoxyethane:

ethoxyethane

Meaning quintessence:

quintessence

Meaning aether:

aether

Translation of ether

Anagrams of ether

heter, rethe, theer, there, Three, three

Words that rhyme with ether

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