ether

[ US /ˈiθɝ/ ]
[ UK /ˈiːθɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
  2. a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
  3. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
  4. a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
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  • At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
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  • The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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