What part of speech is ether?

Ether can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. ether is a noun, singular of ethers.

Inflections

Noun

What does ether mean?

Definitions

Noun

ether - a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
ether - any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
ether - a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
ether - the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

Examples of ether

#   Sentence  
1. noun The plane seemed to just disappear into the ether.
2. noun "While running rivers hasten to the main, / while yon pure ether feeds the stars with light, / while shadows round the hill-slopes wax and wane, / thy fame, wher'er I go, thy praises shall remain."
Sentence  
noun
The plane seemed to just disappear into the ether.
"While running rivers hasten to the main, / while yon pure ether feeds the stars with light, / while shadows round the hill-slopes wax and wane, / thy fame, wher'er I go, thy praises shall remain."

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