ethers
Meaning of ethers
noun
a pleasant-smelling colourless volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an anaesthetic and as a solvent or intermediate in industrial processes.
late Middle English: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek aithēr ‘upper air’, from the base of aithein ‘burn, shine’. Originally the word denoted a substance believed to occupy space beyond the sphere of the moon. ether (sense 3) arose in the mid 17th century and ether (sense 1) in the mid 18th century.
Information about ethers
- It is a name.
- The singular form of ethers is: ether.
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Hyphenation of ethers
ethers
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- ethers is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of ethers
Esther, esther, Hester, Sereth, theres, threes
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