ether
The medium breathed by human beingsThe substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.: The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
» The plane seemed to just disappear into the ether.
Das Flugzeug schien schlichtweg im Äther zu verschwinden.
Значення
значень: 8The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
(ширше, злічуване, книжне, поетичне, незлічуване)The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
Äther, Ether
эфи́рefír
ефі́рefír, ете́рetér
(ширше, злічуване, книжне, поетичне, незлічуване)The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
(історичне, незлічуване)Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: The hypothetical substance permeating space, functioning as a medium for electromagnetic waves to propagate through, and which does not exert resistance to the movement of matter; its existence is incompatible with Einstein's theory of relativity; famously found to be undetectable by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment.
(розмовне, незлічуване)The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
(розмовне, незлічуване)A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
(незлічуване)Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
эфи́рefír
діетилете́рdietyletér
(злічуване)Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
Äther, Ether
эфи́рefír
ефі́рefír, ете́рetér
any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
(незлічуване)Starting fluid.
Приклади
речень: 1The plane seemed to just disappear into the ether.
deDas Flugzeug schien schlichtweg im Äther zu verschwinden.
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мов: 9За значеннями 2
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Походження
From Middle English ēther (“the caelum aetherum of ancient cosmology in which the planetsFrom Middle English ēther (“the caelum aetherum of ancient cosmology in which the planets orbit; a shining, fluid substance described as a form of air or fire; air”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman ether and Middle French ether, ethere, aether, from Old French aether (“highest and purest part of the atmosphere; medium supposedly filling the upper regions of space”) (modern French éther), or directly from its etymon Latin aethēr (“highest and purest part of the atmosphere; air; heavens, sky; light of day; ethereal matter surrounding a deity”) (note also New Latin aethēr (“chemical compound analogous to diethyl ether”)), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “purer upper air of the atmosphere; heaven, sky; theoretical medium supposed to fill unoccupied space and transmit heat and light”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn, ignite; to blaze, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn; fire”).
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Форми
множина: ethersСиноніми
синонімів: 7- a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic:ethoxyethanedivinyl ethervinyl etherdiethyl etherethyl ether
- a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves:aether
- the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies:quintessence
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