ether
Pronunciation: /ˈeː.tər/
“ether” is a Dutch word. Its 4 meanings in English:
noun
- air, broadcasting
- ether (organic compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
- ether (fifth element of Aristotelian natural philosophy, supposed to be the building block of the heavens)
- ether (luminiferous aether, medium in which electromagnetic waves were supposed to occur)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ether, from Latin aethēr, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr).
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