ether
Pronunciation: /ˈɛθɛr/
“ether” is a Welsh word. Its 4 meanings in English:
noun
- ether (a mystical substance formerly thought to fill the upper atmosphere, firmament, the sky, the heavens)
- luminiferous aether (a substance formerly thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without interacting with them itself)
- ether, diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O)
- an ether (one of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aether.
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