ether
English Thesaurus
1. a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic, |
| definition | : | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled (noun.artifact) |
2. a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | medium, |
| definition | : | an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication (noun.communication) |
3. any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | organic compound, |
| definition | : | any compound of carbon and another element or a radical (noun.substance) |
4. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | element, |
| definition | : | one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe (noun.substance) |
| domain usage | : | archaicism, archaism, |
| definition | : | the use of an archaic expression (noun.communication) |
5. a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | etherify, |
| definition | : | change into an ether (verb.change) |
6. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | quintessential, |
| definition | : | representing the perfect example of a class or quality (adj.pert) |
7. a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | etherify, |
| definition | : | change into an ether (verb.change) |
8. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | quintessential, |
| definition | : | representing the perfect example of a class or quality (adj.pert) |
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