Either vs. Ether
Eitherdeterminer
One of two.
Eitherdeterminer
Each of two; both.
Eitherpronoun
One or other of two people or things.
Eitherpronoun
(obsolete) Both, each of two or more.
Eitheradverb
As well.
Eitherconjunction
Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by "or".
Eitheradjective
One of two; the one or the other; - properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.
Eitheradjective
Each of two; the one and the other; both; - formerly, also, each of any number.
Eitherconjunction
Either precedes two, or more, coördinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.
Eitheradverb
after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also';
Eitherconjunction
used before the first of two (or occasionally more) given alternatives (the other being introduced by ‘or’)
Eitherconjunction
used to indicate a similarity or link with a statement just made
Eitherconjunction
for that matter; moreover
Eitheradverb
used before the first of two (or occasionally more) given alternatives (the other being introduced by ‘or’)
Eitheradverb
used to indicate a similarity or link with a statement just made
Eitheradverb
Eitheradverb
for that matter; moreover
Eitherdeterminer
one or the other of two people or things
Eitherdeterminer
each of two
Eitherpronoun
one or the other of two people or things
Eitherpronoun
Eitherpronoun
each of two
Ethernoun
The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
Ethernoun
(by extension) The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
Ethernoun
(by extension) The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
Ethernoun
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 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
Ethernoun
The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
Ethernoun
A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
Ethernoun
Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
Ethernoun
Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
Etherverb
To viciously humiliate or insult.
Ethernoun
A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, once 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. It is no longer believed that such a medium is required for the transmission of electromagnetic waves; the modern use of the term is mostly a figurative term for empty space, or for literary effect, and not intended to imply the actual existence of a physical medium. However. modern cosmological theories based on quantum field theory do not rule out the possibility that the inherent energy of the vacuum is greater than zero, in which case the concept of an ether pervading the vacuum may have more than metaphoric meaning.
Ethernoun
Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
Ethernoun
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 a powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Commonly called ethyl ether to distinguish it from other ethers, and also ethyl oxide.
Ethernoun
a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
Ethernoun
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
Ethernoun
any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
Ethernoun
a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
Ether
Ethers are a class of organic compounds that contain an ether group—an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups. They have the general formula R–O–R′, where R and R′ represent the alkyl or aryl groups.
