Ether(n.) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.
Ether(n.) Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
Ether(n.) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.
Ether(n.) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.
Ethereal(a.) Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
Ethereal(a.) Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
Ethereal(a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.
Etherealism(n.) Ethereality.
Ethereality(n.) The state of being ethereal; etherealness.
Etherealization(n.) An ethereal or spiritlike state.
Etherealize(v. t.) To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.
Etherealize(v. t.) To render ethereal or spiritlike.
Ethereally(adv.) In an ethereal manner.
Etherealness(n.) Ethereality.
Ethereous(a.) Formed of ether; ethereal.
Ethereous(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, ether.
Etherization(n.) The administration of ether to produce insensibility.
Etherization(n.) The state of the system under the influence of ether.
Etherize(v. t.) To convert into ether.
Etherize(v. t.) To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.
Etherized(imp. & p. p.) of Etherize
Etherizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Etherize
Words within etherism