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Aether

noun
1.
Personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness.
2.
A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves.  Synonym: ether.





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"Aether" Quotes from Famous Books



... this aether stretching infinite, And girdling earth with close yet soft embrace? That reckon thou thy Zeus, that name ...
— Works, V3 • Lucian of Samosata
... Spir. vitrioli fortis | | Acida —— tenuis |Spir. vitrioli dulcis | mineralis Spiritus nitri |Spir. nitri dulcis | AEther. Spir. salis marini ...
— An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany • Donald Monro
... organism stands at rest and life comes to it on the material currents of the winds and waters, or in the vibratory energy of the aether; or, again, whether with restless craving it hurries hither and thither in search of it, matters nothing. The one principle—the accelerative law which is the law of the organic—urges all alike onward to development, reproduction and death. ...
— The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays • J. (John) Joly
... woven; And she advanced, but, for guidance, the wind-footed Iris preceded. Then the o'erhanging abyss of the ocean was parted before them, And having touched on the shore, up darted the twain into AEther; Where, in the mansion of Zeus Far-seeing, around him were gather'd All the assembly of Gods, without sorrow, whose life is eternal: And by the throne was she seated; for Blue-eyed Pallas Athena Yielded the place; and, the goblet of gold being tender'd by Hera ...
— Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 • Various
... et amoena vireta Fortunatorum nemorum, sedesque beatas. Largior hic campos aether et lumine vestit Purpureo: solemque suum, ...
— Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 • John Wilson


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