EtherWordNet Explorer

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noun

a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic

noun

a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled

noun

a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic

noun

a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves

Words in this synset: aether
noun

an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication

noun

any compound of carbon and another element or a radical

noun

the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

Words in this synset: quintessence
noun

one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe

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