ether
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
Types & categories
- element hypernym
Related & opposite
- supernal derivation
- quintessential derivation
- archaism domain usage
Sense 2 noun
any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
Types & categories
- organic compound hypernym
Related & opposite
- ethereal derivation
Sense 3 noun
a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves
Types & categories
- medium hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
Types & categories
- inhalation anesthetic hypernym
- enflurane hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supernal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quintessential |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | element |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ethereal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic compound |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | medium |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | etherize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | etherify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ethereal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | inhalation anesthetic |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | enflurane |