Associations to the word «Aether»

Wiktionary

AETHER, noun. Alternative spelling of ether
AETHER, proper noun. (Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities, who was the personification of the upper air

Dictionary definition

AETHER, noun. Personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness.
AETHER, noun. A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.