ether
noun
1 ether
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.
Roget 334: gaseity†; vaporousness etc. adj.; flatulence, flatulency; volatility; aeration, aerification. elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, ... show more
Roget 376: insensibility, physical insensibility; obtuseness etc. adj.; palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia [Med.], anaesthesia; sleep etc. 823; hemiplegia†, motor paralysis; ... show more
Roget 322: rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity etc. 321; subtility†; subtilty†, subtlety; sponginess, compressibility. rarefaction, expansion, dilatation, inflation, ... show more
Roget 320: levity; lightness etc. adj.; imponderability, buoyancy, volatility. feather, dust, mote, down, thistle, down, flue, ... show more
Dutch: ether
Polish: eter kosmiczny
2 ether
Any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom.
Dutch: ether
Polish: eter
3 ether
A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
synonym: aether.
Dutch: ether
Polish: eter
4 ether
A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.
synonyms: diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether.
Dutch: ether
Polish: eter etylowy, eter dietylowy, eter
Moby thesaurus: Caelus, Dry Ice, Freon, Olympian heights, Pentothal, acme, aerial heights, air, airy nothing, ammonia, apex, azure, blue sky, bubble, caelum, canopy, canopy of heaven, carbon dioxide, cerulean, chaff ... show more.
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