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Meanings of quintessence in English

Portuguese
éter
Catalan
èter

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

éter
Portuguese
quintessência cosmológica
Spanish
quintaesencia
Catalan
quintaessència

Dynamic scalar field hypothesized as a form of dark energy.

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quintessência cosmológica
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Examples for "ether"
Examples for "ether"
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
3
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
Russian
квинтэссенция
Portuguese
quintessencia
Catalan
quinta essència
Spanish
quintaesencia

Fifth element in addition to the four classical elements, used by medieval alchemists for a medium similar or identical to that thought to make up the heavenly bodies.

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квинтэссенция
Usage of quintessence in English
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
6
I get the quintessence of enjoyment by treating Mallow as a liqueur.
The Moon out of Reach
7
The air that one inhales with delight is a quintessence of perfumes.
Original Short Stories — Volume 13
8
The individuality, the quintessence, of a writer lies completely outside his view.
Aspects of Literature
9
This part of your letter to me is a quintessence of richness.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
10
His father, who is the quintessence of aristocracy, has cast him off.
Memories of Hawthorne
11
But isn't it beautiful, all that out there-thereal quintessence of life.
Northern Lights, Volume 2.
12
Goodness of heart, generosity of affections, the very quintessence of good nature!
Explanation of Catholic Morals / A Concise, Reasoned, and Popula...
13
She was very lovely!-true-butwhatwas the quintessence of dust to him?
Paul Faber, Surgeon
14
I have often seen Simon Russell Beale: the quintessence of an intelligent heart.
The Guardian
15
Animal life feeds on the quintessence of life in its seeds.
Among the Forces
16
In the ghost story, we have the very quintessence of mystery.
The Best Ghost Stories
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