Noun: aether ee-thu(r)
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
"The concept of aether was disproved by Einstein's theory of relativity";
- ether
- Personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness
Derived forms: aethers
Type of: Greek deity, medium
Encyclopedia: Aether