Ether :: 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 :: Ether (n.) Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
Ether :: 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 :: Ether (n.) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether..
Ethereal :: 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 :: Ethereal (a.) Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc..
Ethereal :: Ethereal (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts..
Ethereous :: Ethereous (a.) Formed of ether; ethereal.
Ethereous :: Ethereous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, ether..
Etherification :: Etherification (n.) The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid..
Etherin :: Etherin (n.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine..
Etherization :: Etherization (n.) The administration of ether to produce insensibility.
Etherization :: Etherization (n.) The state of the system under the influence of ether.
Etherize :: Etherize (v. t.) To convert into ether.
Etherize :: Etherize (v. t.) To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient..