Vi fant 12 definisjoner av ether på engelsk.
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| ether - a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic | ||
| ethoxyethane, divinyl ether, vinyl ether, diethyl ether, ethyl ether | ||
| inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled | ||
| ether - any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom | ||
| organic compound any compound of carbon and another element or a radical | ||
| ether - a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves | ||
| aether | ||
| ether - the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies | ||
| quintessence | ||
| element the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes" | ||
| archaicism, archaism the use of an archaic expression | ||
Substantiv |
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| ether - A compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups. | ||
| ether - diethyl Diethyl ether C4H10O, a compound used as an early anaesthetic. | ||
| ether - A classical physical element, considered as prevalent in the heavens and inaccessible to humans. In some versions of alchemy, this was the fifth element in addition to air, earth, fire and water. | ||
| ether - A substance aether once thought to fill all space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy disproved by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity. | ||
| ether - The sky or heavens; the upper air. |
