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aether: see ether ether or aether, in physics and astronomy, a hypothetical medium for transmitting light and heat (radiation), filling all unoccupied space; it is also called luminiferous ether. In Newtonian physics all waves are propagated through a medium, e.g. ..... Click the link for more information. , in physics and astronomy. Aether god of whole atmosphere. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 42] See : Air How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the days when the aether was less in doubt, we should have said that what was happening was a certain kind of transverse vibration in the aether. But the other is the elder daughter of dark Night, and the son of Cronos who sits above and dwells in the aether, set her in the roots of the earth: and she is far kinder to men. |
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