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Ether
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| Afrikaans Meaning | eter
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| a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic / the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water / A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat / a pleasant-smelling, colorless, volatile liquid that is highly flammable. It is used as an anesthetic and as a solvent or intermediate in industrial processes. / a liquid that burns easily, that is used to turn solid substances into liquid, and that was used in medicine in the past to prevent patients from feeling pain during operations / the ether : the air : the sky, | |
| Usage | ⇒ In making medicine, five drums of ether are used by the industry ⇒ In making medicine ⇒ five drums of ether are used by the industry ⇒ The balloon disappeared into the ether. ⇒ In the recent past dentists were instrumental in the introduction of diethyl ether and nitrous oxide. |
| Synonyms | air, stratosphere, ammonia, ethoxyethane, gas, acme, diethyl ether, divinyl ether, heaven, sky, vapor, aether, apex, azure, medium, nitrogen, vinyl ether, welkin, zenith, alcohol, |
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