Type and usage of ether from BoostVocab

ether

/'iθər/

noun
a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
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diethyl ether divinyl ether ethoxyethane ethyl ether vinyl ether

type of:
inhalation anesthetic inhalation anaesthetic inhalation general anesthetic inhalation general anaesthetic
noun
a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
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aether

type of:
medium
noun
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
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quintessence

type of:
element
noun
any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
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type of:
organic compound

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