ether

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Synonyms: aether, nether, other, ethel, tether, either, gether, eather, etter, wether, uther

Antonyms: aether, nether, other, ethel, tether, either, gether, eather, etter, wether, uther

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Noun

1. The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities. The medium breathed by human beings; the air. The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
2. The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
3. The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
4. Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: The hypothetical substance permeating space, functioning as a medium for electromagnetic waves to propagate through, and which does not exert resistance to the movement of matter; its existence is incompatible with Einstein's theory of relativity; famously found to be undetectable by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment.
5. The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
6. A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
7. Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
8. Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
9. Starting fluid.

Verb

1. To viciously humiliate or insult.
   • The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame.

Verb

1. Alternative form of edder.

Noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Ether.

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