ether : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ether	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ether
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ether n the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies Synonym(s): quintessence, ether any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves Synonym(s): ether, aether a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic Synonym(s): ether, ethoxyethane, divinyl ether, vinyl ether, diethyl ether, ethyl ether
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 A {concurrent} {object-oriented} language? (1997-03-18)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ether, talk