Ether

/หˆiหฮธษ™/

The meaning and definition of Ether, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
  2. Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelsonโ€“Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879โ€“1955).

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