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Meanings of quintessence in English

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éter
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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
                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
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                      Examples for "æther"
                      Examples for "æther"
                      1
                      The soul breathed an 'ampler æther, a diviner air.' Oh!
                      Robert Elsmere
                      2
                      That the Aether is universal is proved by the phenomena of light.
                      Aether and Gravitation
                      3
                      The atmosphere also possesses different degrees of density, so does the Aether.
                      Aether and Gravitation
                      4
                      Find our voyage safe from the burning cold wrath of the aether.
                      Future Lovecraft
                      5
                      Some other part of her, the part that was fading into aether.
                      Heartless
                      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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                      Quintessence through the time
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