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Aether

aet·her

UK/ˈiː.θə(ɹ)/ US/ˈi.θɚ/ rare

noun

1.

personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and Night or of Chaos and Darkness

2.

a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves

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Origin

From Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”). Doublet of Ether.

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