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English noun: ether

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


Synonymsquintessence


Broader (hypernym)element


Domain usagearchaicism, archaism

2. ether (substance) any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom


Broader (hypernym)organic compound

3. ether (communication) a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves


Synonymsaether


Broader (hypernym)medium

4. ether (artifact) a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic


Synonymsdiethyl ether, divinyl ether, ethoxyethane, ethyl ether, vinyl ether


Broader (hypernym)inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic


Narrower (hyponym)enflurane, Ethrane









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