Ether
noun
A colourless, sweet-smelling, highly flammable liquid used as an anesthetic and as a solvent or intermediate in industrial processes.
Ether is used in the manufacture of certain kinds of plastics.
Often appears as...
- diethyl ether
- anesthetic ether
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Technical
noun
The clear sky; the upper regions of air beyond the clouds.
The rockets shot up into the blue ether.
Often appears as...
- into the ether
- in the ether
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Literary
noun
A medium that in the wave theory of light permeates all space and transmits transverse waves.
Old theories suggested that light travelled through the ether.
Often appears as...
- luminiferous ether
- dark ether
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Technical
noun
The internet.
His message was lost in the ether when his internet crashed.
Often appears as...
- lost in the ether
- digital ether
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
A colourless, sweet-smelling, highly flammable liquid used as an anesthetic and as a solvent or intermediate in industrial processes.
Ether is used in the manufacture of certain kinds of plastics.
Often appears as...
- diethyl ether
- anesthetic ether
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The clear sky; the upper regions of air beyond the clouds.
The rockets shot up into the blue ether.
Often appears as...
- into the ether
- in the ether
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A medium that in the wave theory of light permeates all space and transmits transverse waves.
Old theories suggested that light travelled through the ether.
Often appears as...
- luminiferous ether
- dark ether
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The internet.
His message was lost in the ether when his internet crashed.
Often appears as...
- lost in the ether
- digital ether
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/2Chemistry Use
Remember that 'ether' in chemistry refers specifically to a group of organic compounds.
The lab smelled of ether used for extractions.
Pro Tip 2/2Safety Precaution
Be aware when discussing ether in chemistry; it’s known for being highly flammable.
Store the ether away from any heat sources.
Pro Tip 1/2Chemistry Use
Remember that 'ether' in chemistry refers specifically to a group of organic compounds.
The lab smelled of ether used for extractions.
Pro Tip 2/2Safety Precaution
Be aware when discussing ether in chemistry; it’s known for being highly flammable.
Store the ether away from any heat sources.
Pro Tip 1/2Chemistry Use
Remember that 'ether' in chemistry refers specifically to a group of organic compounds.
The lab smelled of ether used for extractions.
Pro Tip 2/2Safety Precaution
Be aware when discussing ether in chemistry; it’s known for being highly flammable.
Store the ether away from any heat sources.
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Fighting the Invasive...
important is the threat they pose to agriculture how far could they potentially move from to reach agricultural production so these have been going for a number of hours in this particular bug it doesn't seem to move much no though even earlier this morning ether vision is up travelling software
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The 4 stories we tell...
the idea of the soul is still hugely popular, nonetheless we are again reinventing it for the digital age, for example with the idea that you can leave your body behind by uploading your mind, your essence, the real you, onto a computer, and so live on as an avatar in the ether.
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How does anesthesia...
including the brain. That's what inhalational anesthetics do. In Western medicine, diethyl ether was the first common one. It was best known as a recreational drug until doctors started to realize that people sometimes didn't notice injuries they received under the influence.
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Matthew Carter: My life...
it's completely inescapable. But few consumers are concerned to know where a particular typeface came from or when or who designed it, if, indeed, there was any human agency involved in its creation, if it didn't just sort of materialize out of the software ether.
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Proof: James Balog on...
inherited a huge number of assumptions inherited wisdom that comes to us from who knows where it's just out there in the ether and we as photographers I think our highest calling is to challenge and alter inherited wisdom in the core of my working life my main
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Latif Nasser: The...
Pain just kept accumulating in his life. Next, he watched his wife go into labor at his hospital. She heaved and pushed, clearly in anguish. Her obstetrician called out to the intern on duty to give her a few drops of ether to ease her pain.
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Why the universe seems...
Waves of electromagnetic fluctuation in a vacuum seem unreal. Victorians thought the waves had to be waves in some material the ether. But we find real matter comforting only because we've evolved to survive in Middle World,
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Marco Tempest: The...
We are at the dawn of a new age, the age of electricity. I have been able, through careful invention, to transmit, with the mere flick of a switch, electricity across the ether.
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Riding Alongside a Light...
No, I'm away, traveling through the ether. Come on! Come on! Catch me!
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
shadows territory is now in the ether we think
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Fighting the Invasive...
important is the threat they pose to agriculture how far could they potentially move from to reach agricultural production so these have been going for a number of hours in this particular bug it doesn't seem to move much no though even earlier this morning ether vision is up travelling software
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The 4 stories we tell...
the idea of the soul is still hugely popular, nonetheless we are again reinventing it for the digital age, for example with the idea that you can leave your body behind by uploading your mind, your essence, the real you, onto a computer, and so live on as an avatar in the ether.
Video examples
How does anesthesia...
including the brain. That's what inhalational anesthetics do. In Western medicine, diethyl ether was the first common one. It was best known as a recreational drug until doctors started to realize that people sometimes didn't notice injuries they received under the influence.
Video examples
Matthew Carter: My life...
it's completely inescapable. But few consumers are concerned to know where a particular typeface came from or when or who designed it, if, indeed, there was any human agency involved in its creation, if it didn't just sort of materialize out of the software ether.
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Proof: James Balog on...
inherited a huge number of assumptions inherited wisdom that comes to us from who knows where it's just out there in the ether and we as photographers I think our highest calling is to challenge and alter inherited wisdom in the core of my working life my main
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Latif Nasser: The...
Pain just kept accumulating in his life. Next, he watched his wife go into labor at his hospital. She heaved and pushed, clearly in anguish. Her obstetrician called out to the intern on duty to give her a few drops of ether to ease her pain.
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
Waves of electromagnetic fluctuation in a vacuum seem unreal. Victorians thought the waves had to be waves in some material the ether. But we find real matter comforting only because we've evolved to survive in Middle World,
Video examples
Marco Tempest: The...
We are at the dawn of a new age, the age of electricity. I have been able, through careful invention, to transmit, with the mere flick of a switch, electricity across the ether.
Video examples
Riding Alongside a Light...
No, I'm away, traveling through the ether. Come on! Come on! Catch me!
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
shadows territory is now in the ether we think
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Ramana Maharshi
Indian Philosopher
As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is called the inner sense because it is inside. But the distinction between inner and outer is only with reference to the body; in truth, there is neither inner nor outer. The mind's nature is to remain pure like ether.
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Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
We authors certainly don't know what is going to happen to our books. Are they going to disappear into the ether, following music downloads, or are ebooks going to open up a whole new world of readers? And how much are we being paid per copy? We haven't a clue.
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Hugh Dennis
I like doing live stand-up because that's where I started. If you do TV and radio you just send it out into the ether and you never find out if people like it or not. To go out and make an audience laugh is nice.
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Tone Vays
The events over the DAO hack might have spooked some people from ether to Bitcoin, helping with the rise in price, and now that ether is recovering a little, that movement is reversing the action.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired.
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Kelly Reilly
English Actress
You put yourself on tape as an actor a lot - and you send them off, they go out into the ether, and you have no idea what's going to come back, or when.
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Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
Sometimes it seems that the fate of the world is decided entirely in the ether of electronic communications and corporate backroom deals.
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Sante D'Orazio
American Photographer
I'm trained to look for certain things... I shoot, I shoot, I shoot, and then I go find it in the ether.
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Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
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Ramana Maharshi
Indian Philosopher
As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is called the inner sense because it is inside. But the distinction between inner and outer is only with reference to the body; in truth, there is neither inner nor outer. The mind's nature is to remain pure like ether.
Quote examples
Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
We authors certainly don't know what is going to happen to our books. Are they going to disappear into the ether, following music downloads, or are ebooks going to open up a whole new world of readers? And how much are we being paid per copy? We haven't a clue.
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Hugh Dennis
I like doing live stand-up because that's where I started. If you do TV and radio you just send it out into the ether and you never find out if people like it or not. To go out and make an audience laugh is nice.
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Tone Vays
The events over the DAO hack might have spooked some people from ether to Bitcoin, helping with the rise in price, and now that ether is recovering a little, that movement is reversing the action.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired.
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Kelly Reilly
English Actress
You put yourself on tape as an actor a lot - and you send them off, they go out into the ether, and you have no idea what's going to come back, or when.
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Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
Sometimes it seems that the fate of the world is decided entirely in the ether of electronic communications and corporate backroom deals.
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Sante D'Orazio
American Photographer
I'm trained to look for certain things... I shoot, I shoot, I shoot, and then I go find it in the ether.
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Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
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