English Dictionary: Ether | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for Ether | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ether \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. [82]ther.] [Written also {[91]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}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ETHER (1997-03-18) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ether, talk |