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ether   (TTS Sound)

The noun ether has 4 senses

• quintessence, ether -- (the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies)


• ether -- (any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom)


• ether, aether -- (a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves)


• ether, ethoxyethane, divinyl ether, vinyl ether, diethyl ether, ethyl ether -- (a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic)