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Aether

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Ae·ther  (thr)
n. Greek Mythology
The poetic personification of the clear upper air breathed by the Olympians.

[Latin Aethr, from Greek aithr, upper air.]

aether [ˈiːθə]
n
a variant spelling of ether [3-5]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Aether - personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness
Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
2.aether - a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
medium - an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication


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In the days when the aether was less in doubt, we should have said that what was happening was a certain kind of transverse vibration in the aether.
But the other is the elder daughter of dark Night, and the son of Cronos who sits above and dwells in the aether, set her in the roots of the earth: and she is far kinder to men.
 
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