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Ether

Ether Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ether? [n] a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic [n] a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves [n] (archaic) the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ether: aether \| diethel ether \| divinyl ether \| ethoxyethane \| ethyl ether \| quintessence \| vinyl ether Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ether: acme \| aerial heights \| air \| airy nothing \| ammonia \| apex \| azure \| blue sky \| bubble \| caelum \| Caelus \| canopy \| canopy of heaven \| carbon dioxide \| cerulean \| chaff \| chip \| chloroform \| cobweb \| cocaine \| coolant \| cope \| cork \| dizzy heights \| down \| Dry Ice \| dust \| elevation \| eminence \| empyrean \| ethyl chloride \| ethylene \| fairy \| feather \| firmament \| flue \| fluff \| foam \| freezing mixture \| Freon \| froth \| fuzz \| gas \| gossamer \| heaven \| heavens \| height \| heights \| hyaline \| ice \| ice cubes \| illusion \| lift \| lifts \| liquid air \| liquid helium \| liquid oxygen \| menthol \| mist \| mote \| nitrous oxide \| Olympian heights \| ozone \| Pentothal \| phantom \| raise \| refrigerant \| rise \| rising ground \| shadow \| sky \| smoke \| spirit \| sponge \| spume \| starry heaven \| steep \| stratosphere \| straw \| the blue \| the blue serene \| thin air \| thistledown \| uprise \| vantage ground \| vantage point \| vapor \| vault \| vault of heaven \| welkin \| zenith See Also \| element \| enflurane \| Ethrane \| inhalation anaesthetic \| inhalation anesthetic \| inhalation general anaesthetic \| inhalation general anesthetic \| medium Ether In Webster's Dictionary \E"ther\, n. [L. aether, Gr. ?, fr. ? to light up, kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. ['e]ther.] [Written also {[ae]ther}.] 1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called {luminiferous ether}. 2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself. 3. (Chem.) (a) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, {(C2H5)2O}, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also {sulphuric ether}. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an an[ae]sthetic. Called also {ethyl oxide}. (b) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether. {Complex ether}, {Mixed ether} (Chem.), an oxide of two different radicals in the same molecule; as, ethyl methyl ether, {C2H5.O.CH3}. {Compound ether} (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. {Ether engine} (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam.

Ether Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ether?

[n] a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic
[n] a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
[n] (archaic) the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

Ether In Webster's Dictionary

\E"ther\, n. [L. aether, Gr. ?, fr. ? to light up, kindle,
burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle:
cf. F. ['e]ther.] [Written also {[ae]ther}.]
1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and extreme
   tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of
   solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of
   transmission of light and heat; hence often called
   {luminiferous ether}.



2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.

3. (Chem.)
   (a) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid,
       {(C2H5)2O}, of a characteristic aromatic odor,
       obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric
       acid, and hence called also {sulphuric ether}. It is
       powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but
       finds its chief use as an an[ae]sthetic. Called also
       {ethyl oxide}.


   (b) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl
       ether; valeric ether.

{Complex ether}, {Mixed ether} (Chem.), an oxide of two
   different radicals in the same molecule; as, ethyl methyl
   ether, {C2H5.O.CH3}.

{Compound ether} (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some
   hydrocarbon as the base; an ester.

{Ether engine} (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam
   engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by
   steam.

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