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Meanings of ether in English

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A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.

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The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies.

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Examples for "quintessence"
Examples for "quintessence"
1
In fact, the need of domination was the quintessence of his being.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
2
Hence the Macedonian question was the quintessence of the Near Eastern Question.
The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 / Third Edition
3
Indeed, the psychical shrinking is really the quintessence of the physical fear.
The Soul of the Far East
4
Well, yes, for the occupation shows the tendency, the quintessence of character.
The Second Deluge
5
It was the quintessence of every melodic cliché Reich had ever heard.
The Demolished Man
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A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves.

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Cryptocurrency native to Ethereum network.

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Usage of ether in English
1
It is readily soluble in water and alcohol, but insoluble in ether.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
2
He'd surely heard a lot of patients coming out from under ether.
American empire: blood and iron
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This principle was insoluble in water and alcohol, but soluble in ether.
The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
4
These substances are soluble in alcohol and ether, but insoluble in water.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887
5
Suddenly a shift in the wind brings us the smell of ether.
Light
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For seventeen hours the world has been soaked in the poisonous ether.
The Poison Belt
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Or it is like a current of magnetic force in the ether.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
8
The phenomenon of aberration also favoured the theory of the quasi-rigid ether.
Sidelights on Relativity
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Nothing in the ether spectrum is corkscrewy enough to get through it.
Skylark Three
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The girls seemed to be floating in a sea of crimson-amber ether.
Angel Island
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The discovery of chloroform or ether made no change in human nature.
An Ethical Problem / Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentat...
12
An excessive amount of ether given at beginning; artificial respiration became necessary.
An Ethical Problem / Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentat...
13
The ether-faces of the dead were quite clear in front of her.
Complete Books of Blood
14
The telephone current is a phenomenon of the ether, say the theorists.
The History of the Telephone
15
Then something odd began to happen out there in the critical ether.
The Irish Times
16
C., and is miscible in all proportions with water, alcohol and ether.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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