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单词 ether
释义 ether
 —etheric /i ther"ik, i thear"-/,  adj.  
 /ee"theuhr/,  n.  
  1. Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chem., Pharm. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C4H10O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
  2.  Chem.   (formerly) one of a class of compounds in which two organic groups are attached directly to an oxygen atom, having the general formula ROR.
  3. the upper regions of space; the clear sky; the heavens.
  4. the medium supposed by the ancients to fill the upper regions of space.
  5.  Physics.   a hypothetical substance supposed to occupy all space, postulated to account for the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through space. Cf. Michelson-Morley experiment.
 Also, aether (for defs. 3-5).
 [1350-1400; ME < L aether the upper air, pure air, ether < Gk aithér, akin to aíthein to glow, burn, OE ad funeral pyre, L aestus heat]
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