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ether definition and meaning

n. 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.
n. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
n. A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.
n. Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.

Crossword clues for ether

- Anaesthetic
- Anaesthetic from over there
- Anaesthetic gas
- Early anaesthetic
- Extraterrestrial had her old number
- Heavenly heights or anaesthetic? I am not into either!
- It’ll knock you out over there
- Little alien with her number
- Old anaesthetic
- Solvent chemical
- Space region
- Upper regions of space