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  1. ether

    • IPA[ˈiːθə]

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    • n.
      a pleasant-smelling colourless volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an anaesthetic and as a solvent or intermediate in industrial processes.;any organic compound with a similar structure to ether, having an oxygen atom linking two alkyl or other organic groups
    • noun: ether, plural noun: ethers

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    • 1. a pleasant-smelling colourless volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an anaesthetic and as a solvent or intermediate in industrial processes.
    • any organic compound with a similar structure to ether, having an oxygen atom linking two alkyl or other organic groups methyl
    • 2. literary the clear sky; the upper regions of air beyond the clouds nasty gases and smoke disperse into the ether
    • informal air regarded as a medium for radio choral evensong still wafts across the ether
    • 3. archaic a very rarefied and highly elastic substance formerly believed to permeate all space, including the interstices between the particles of matter, and to be the medium whose vibrations constituted light and other electromagnetic radiation the motion of the planets would be retarded by the ether through which they moved
    • n.
      any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules are large rings containing a number of ...

    Oxford Dictionary

    • n.
      a pleasant-smelling, colourless, volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an ...

    Oxford Dictionary

    • n.
      any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules are large rings containing a number of ...

    Oxford American Dictionary

    • n.
      a pleasant-smelling, colorless, volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an ...

    Oxford American Dictionary

    • n.
      a volatile liquid distilled from petroleum, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons.

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    • n.
      a pleasant-smelling colorless volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an ...

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