Aether

  

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Aether

Definitions: Aether

Aether

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Aether" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)



Synonym: Aether

Synonym: ether (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Aether

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Physics and philosophy

In physics and philosophy, aether (also spelt ether) was once believed to be a substance which filled all of space. Aristotle included it as a fifth element on the principle that nature abhorred a vacuum. Aether was also called "Quintessence."

See also luminiferous aether for the late 19th century invocation of this concept by physicists as an attempt to reconcile electromagnetic theory and Newtonian physics.

This meaning of a signal-carrying medium is the origin of the name Ethernet.

Greek mythology

Aether ("upper air"), in Greek mythology, was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven. He is the pure, upper air that the gods breathe, as opposed to "aer", which mortals breathed. He was the son of Erebus and Nyx, and brother of Hemera. He is the soul of the world and all life emanates from him.

Magick

In magick, it is called the fifth element or quintessence, also called akasha, sacred sound, or spirit.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aether."

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Crosswords: Aether

English words defined with "Aether": Erebus. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Aether": Aether LatinBolt from the Blue. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Aether" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (ether, heaven, perpetually, sky, space surrounding a deity, upper air).

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Modern Usage: Aether

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Aether (1960)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Aether

DomainTitle

References

  • Aether Systems Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • Aether Madness: An Offbeat Guide to the Online World (reference)

  • AETHER SYSTEMS, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • Cats, Atoms, Gyrons, Aether, and the Universe (reference)

  • Faraday's Lost Aether (reference)

  • John Philoponus Criticism of Aristotle's Theory of Aether (Peripatol Philologisch-Historische Studienzum Aristotelismus, Vol 16) (reference)

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Music

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Usage Frequency: Aether

"Aether" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.86% of the time. "Aether" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)92.86%1397,576
Lexical Verb (base form)7.14%1339,140
                    Total100.00%14N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Aether

CountryName
USA

Aether Systems Incorporated

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aether

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

aether

69

aether system

37

osprey aether

7

aether system inc

6

aether blackberry

5

aether location wire

2

75 aether

2
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Modern Translations: Aether

Language Translations for "Aether"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

αιθήρ (ether, quintessence). (various references)

   

Italian

  

etere (aerospace, air, breath, diethyl ether, ether, ethyl ether). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aetheray

   

Turkish

  

lokmanruhu (ether), eter (ether). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Aether

LanguageDateSourceJoshua Chapter 15, Verse 42
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintLemna kai iqak
Latin405VulgateLabana et Aether et Asan
Jacobean English1611King JamesLibnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
Victorian English1833WebsterLibnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
Basic English1964OgdenLibnah, and Ether, and Ashan;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Aether

LanguageJoshua Chapter 15, Verse 42
BulgarianЛивна, Етер, Асан,
CebuanoAng Libna, ug ang Eter, ug ang Asan,
Chinese又 有 立 拿 、 以 帖 、 亞 珊 、
CroatianLibna, Eter, Ašan;
DanishLibna, Eter, Asjan,
DutchLibna, en Ether, en Asan,
FinnishLibna, Eter, Aasan,
FrenchLibna, Éther, Aschan,
GermanLibna, Ether, Asan,
Haitian CreoleTe gen tou Libna, Etè, Akan,
HungarianLibna, Ether és Asán;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariJuga sembilan kota berikut ini bersama desa-desa di sekitarnya: Libna, Eter, Asan, Yiftah, Asna, Nezib, Kehila, Akhzib dan Maresa.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan Libna dan Eter dan Asan,
ItalianLibna, Eter, Asan,
Korean입 다 와, 아 스 나 와, 느 십 과,
MaoriKo Ripina, ko Etere, ko Ahana,
Modern GreekΛιβνα, και Εθερ, και Ασαν,
NorwegianLibna og Eter og Asan
PortugueseLibna, Eter, Asã,   
RumanianLibna, Eter, Awan,
RussianмЙЧОБ, еЖЕТ Й бЫБО,
SpanishTambién Libna, Eter, Asán,
SwedishLibna, Eter, Asan,
Thaiลิบนาห์ เอเธอร์ อาชัน
UkrainianЛівна, і Етер, і Ашан,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Aether

Derivations

Words beginning with "Aether": aetheric, aethers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Aether

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: heater, hereat, reheat.

Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-r-t"

-1 letter: arete, earth, eater, ether, hater, heart, rathe, there, three.

-2 letters: eath, haet, hare, hart, hate, hear, heat, here, rate, rath, rete, rhea, tahr, tare, tear, thae, thee, tree.

-3 letters: are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ere, eta, eth, hae, hat, her, het, rah, rat, ree, ret, tae, tar, tea, tee, the.

-4 letters: ae, ah, ar, at, eh, er, et, ha, he, re, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-r-t"
 

+1 letter: aethers, breathe, cheater, earthed, earthen, feather, haltere, hearted, hearten, heaters, heather, hectare, hektare, hetaera, leather, preheat, recheat, reheats, reteach, teacher, terefah, theater, theatre, thereat, thermae, weather, whereat, wreathe.

 

+2 letters: adherent, aetheric, aweather, breathed, breather, breathes, catheter, cheaters, detacher, earthier, earthmen, earthpea, earthset, ephorate, erythema, ethereal, fathered, feathers, feathery, gathered, gatherer, haltered, halteres, hastener, headrest, heartens, heartier, hearties, heathers, heathery, heathier, hectares, hektares, heritage, herniate, hetaerae, hetaeras, hetaeric, lathered, latherer, leathern, leathers, leathery, neatherd, overhate, overheat, preheats, recheats, regather, reheated, reheater, rethread, sheather, teachers, theaters, theatres, threaded, threader, threaped, threaper, threated, threaten, tracheae, urethane, urethrae, weathers, whatever, wheatear, wreathed, wreathen, wreathes.

 

+3 letters: adherents, archetype, blathered, blatherer, breathers, breathier, cartwheel, cathedrae, catheters, chaptered, chartered, charterer, chastener, chattered, chatterer, dehydrate, detachers, earthiest, earthlier, earthlike, earthpeas, earthrise, earthsets, enchanter, entrechat, enwreathe, ephorates, erythemas, eutherian, exarchate, exhauster, feathered, gatherers, hammertoe, harvested, harvester, hasteners, headrests, headwater, healthier, heartache, heartbeat, heartened, heartfelt, heartiest, heartless, heartsome, heartsore, hemelytra, hereabout, hereafter, heretical, heritable, heritages, hermitage, herniated, herniates, hesitater, hexameter, hibernate, inbreathe, inearthed, latherers, leathered, megahertz, narthexes, neatherds, overhated, overhates, overheats, preheated, preheater, ratcheted, recharted, recharter, regathers, reheaters, reheating, rehydrate, rematched, rematches, repatched, repatches, reteaches, rethreads, shattered, sheathers, slathered, superheat, teacherly, telegraph, therapies, threaders, threadier, threapers, threatens, tracheate, tracheole, treachery, trehalose, trochleae, unearthed, unwreathe, urethanes, watershed, wealthier, weathered, weatherly, wheatears.

 

+4 letters: adherently, aftershave, altogether, anthracene, antiheroes, antiherpes, aphaeretic, archentera, archetypes, atmosphere, bighearted, blatherers, breathable, breathiest, breathless, broadsheet, cartwheels, catechizer, charioteer, charterers, chartreuse, chasteners, chatterers, dehydrated, dehydrates, dishearten, earthiness, earthliest, earthmover, earthquake, earthrises, earthshine, enchanters, enthralled, entrechats, enwreathed, enwreathes, erythremia, ethereally, eutherians, exarchates, exhausters, exhilarate, exothermal, farfetched, fatherless, fatherlike, fatshedera, featherbed, featherier, feathering, forefather, foregather, freightage, freshwater, geothermal, greenheart, hammertoes, hartebeest, harvesters, harvestmen, hatcheries, hatemonger, headhunter, headmaster, headstream, headwaiter, headwaters, heartaches, heartbeats, heartbreak, heartening, heartiness, heartsease, heatstroke, hemipteran, heptameter, hereabouts, hereafters, hereditary, hermetical, hermitages, hesitaters, heteroatom, heterogamy, hexameters, hibernated, hibernates, honeyeater, hyperacute, hyperalert, inbreathed, inbreathes, ingathered, interphase, leathering, lethargies, letterhead, lighterage, merchanted, metaphrase, outreached, outreaches, overheated, peashooter, pentahedra, perithecia, pinfeather, preachiest, preachment, preethical, preharvest, preheaters, preheating, pretheater, reattached, reattaches, recharters, regathered, rehydrated, rehydrates, reteaching, rethreaded, shearwater, sphalerite, stealthier, stepfather, superheats, sweetheart, tachometer, telegraphs, telegraphy, tetherball, tetrahedra, thearchies, thereabout, thereafter, thermalize, threadbare, threadiest, threadless, threadlike, threatened, threatener, timberhead, tracheated, tracheoles, trehaloses, triathlete, turtlehead, underneath, unfathered, unthreaded, unwreathed, unwreathes, upgathered, washeteria, watersheds, waterwheel, weathering, weatherize, weatherman, weathermen, whatsoever, whereabout, whitebeard.

 

+5 letters: aftershaves, altogethers, antechamber, anthracenes, antiheroine, archenteron, arthrodeses, atherogenic, atmosphered, atmospheres, authoresses, bathysphere, bleacherite, breadthwise, breathiness, broadsheets, cartwheeled, cartwheeler, catachreses, catechizers, catheterize, champerties, chanterelle, chanticleer, charactered, charcuterie, charioteers, chartreuses, coldhearted, diathermies, disheartens, downhearted, earthenware, earthliness, earthmovers, earthquakes, earthshaker, earthshines, enchantress, enteropathy, enwreathing, erythorbate, erythremias, establisher, ethereality, etherealize, eurythermal, exhilarated, exhilarates, exhortative, fatshederas, featherbeds, featheredge, featherhead, featheriest, featherings, featherless, forefathers, foregathers, forgathered, freehearted, freightages, freshwaters, furtherance, gametophore, godfathered, greenhearts, halfhearted, halterbreak, halterbroke, hardhearted, hartebeests, harvestable, harvesttime, hatemongers, headhunters, headmasters, headquarter, headstreams, headwaiters, heartbreaks, heartbroken, hearthstone, heartlessly, heartseases, heartsomely, heatstrokes, hemihydrate, hemipterans, heptameters, heptarchies, hereinafter, heretically, heteroatoms, heteroauxin, heterograft, heterokarya, hexahydrate, homesteader, honeyeaters, houseboater, housefather, housemaster, houseparent, hydrogenate, hymenoptera, hyperactive, hypermarket, inheritable, inheritance, interchange, interphases, ironhearted, kindhearted, kitchenware, leatherback, leatherette, leatherleaf, leatherlike, leatherneck, leatherwood, letterheads, lighterages, lionhearted, merchantmen, metanephric, metanephroi, metanephros, metaphrases, neanderthal, nearsighted, northeaster, openhearted, orchestrate, outpreached, outpreaches, overharvest, overheating, overmatched, overmatches, pamphleteer, paperweight, parentheses, parenthesis, parenthetic, paresthesia, paresthetic, peashooters, pentahedral, pentahedron, pentarchies, perchlorate, perithecial, pinfeathers, preachments, preharvests, purpleheart, rathskeller, reauthorize, rechartered, reestablish, regathering, reinhabited, researchist, rethreading, rheumatizes, shearwaters, slaughtered, slaughterer, softhearted, southeaster, spermatheca, sphalerites, spirochaete, spreadsheet, stakeholder, steatorrhea, stepfathers, stereograph, stretchable, superheated, superheater, sweethearts, tachometers, telegraphed, telegrapher, telegraphic, tetherballs, tetrahedral, tetrahedron, tetrahymena, tetrarchies, theatergoer, theocracies, theorematic, theoretical, therapeuses, therapeusis, therapeutic, thereabouts, therewithal, thermalized, thermalizes, thermotaxes, thesauruses, threadiness, threateners, threatening, thunderhead, timberheads, torchbearer, traineeship, treacheries, treacherous, trencherman, triathletes, truehearted, turtleheads, ultraheated, unchartered, unharvested, unhealthier, unweathered, warmhearted, washeterias, waterwheels, weakhearted, weathercast, weathercock, weatherings, weatherized, weatherizes, weatherworn, whereabouts, wherewithal, whitebeards, whitewasher, whoremaster.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Aether


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 65 74 68 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .    -    ....    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100101 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#101 &#116 &#104 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0065 0074 0068 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357186747184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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