slovo | definícia |
ether (encz) | ether,éter n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ether (gcide) | Ether \E"ther\ ([=e]"th[~e]r), n. [L. aether, Gr. a'iqh`r, fr.
a'i`qein to light up, kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh,
indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. ['e]ther.] [Written also
[ae]ther.]
1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and extreme
tenuity, once supposed to pervade all space, the interior
of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of
transmission of light and heat; hence often called
luminiferous ether. It is no longer believed that such a
medium is required for the transmission of electromagnetic
waves; the modern use of the term is mostly a figurative
term for empty space, or for literary effect, and not
intended to imply the actual existence of a physical
medium. However. modern cosmological theories based on
quantum field theory do not rule out the possibility that
the inherent energy of the vacuum is greater than zero, in
which case the concept of an ether pervading the vacuum
may have more than metaphoric meaning.
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2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
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3. (Chem.)
(a) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid,
(C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor,
obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric
acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is a
powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but
finds its chief use as an an[ae]sthetic. Commonly
called ethyl ether to distinguish it from other
ethers, and also ethyl oxide.
(b) Any similar compound in which an oxygen atom is bound
to two different carbon atoms, each of which is part
of an organic radical; as, amyl ether; valeric ether;
methyl ethyl ether. The general formular for an ether
is ROR', in which R and R' are organic radicals
which may be of similar or different structure. If R
and R' are different parts of the same organic
radical, the structure forms a cyclic ether.
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Complex ether, Mixed ether (Chem.), an ether in which the
ether oxygen is attached to two radicals having different
structures; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3.
Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some
hydrocarbon as the base; an ester.
Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam
engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by
steam.
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ether (wn) | ether
n 1: the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire
and water; was believed to be the substance composing all
heavenly bodies [syn: quintessence, ether]
2: any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon
groups linked by an oxygen atom
3: a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to
support the propagation of electromagnetic waves [syn:
ether, aether]
4: a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used
as an inhalation anesthetic [syn: ether, ethoxyethane,
divinyl ether, vinyl ether, diethyl ether, {ethyl
ether}] |
ether (foldoc) | ETHER
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
altogether (mass) | altogether
- celkom, úplne |
bellwether (mass) | bellwether
- vodca |
blether (mass) | blether
- kecať |
hang together (mass) | hang together
- súvisieť |
nether (mass) | nether
- dolný |
netherlands (mass) | Netherlands
- Holandsko |
netherlands antilles (mass) | Netherlands Antilles
- Holandské Antily |
put together (mass) | put together
- spojene, spolu, pripraviť, zhotoviť, zložiť, dať dokopy |
tether (mass) | tether
- reťaz |
together (mass) | together
- spoločne, dohromady, dokopy, súčasne, spolu |
wether (mass) | wether
- baran |
whether (mass) | whether
- či |
aether (encz) | aether,éter n: Zdeněk Brož |
altogether (encz) | altogether,dohromady adv: altogether,naprosto adv: Zdeněk Brožaltogether,úplně adv: Zdeněk Brožaltogether,vesměs adv: Zdeněk Brožaltogether,zcela adv: Zdeněk Brož |
band together (encz) | band together,spolčit se Zdeněk Brož |
bellwether (encz) | bellwether,vůdce n: Zdeněk Brož |
birds of a feather flock together (encz) | birds of a feather flock together,vrána k vráně sedá Zdeněk Brož |
blether (encz) | blether,blábolení n: Zdeněk Brožblether,žvanění n: Zdeněk Brožblether,žvanit v: Zdeněk Brož |
bring together (encz) | bring together,dát dohromady Zdeněk Brožbring together,sestavit v: Zdeněk Brožbring together,spojit dohromady Zdeněk Brož |
clap together (encz) | clap together, v: |
close together (encz) | close together, adj: |
cobble together (encz) | cobble together, v: |
come together (encz) | come together,sbližovat se Zdeněk Brožcome together,setkat se Zdeněk Brožcome together,scházet se Zdeněk Brožcome together,usmířit se Zdeněk Brož |
coming together (encz) | coming together, n: |
crowd together (encz) | crowd together,nahromadit v: Zdeněk Brožcrowd together,namačkat v: Zdeněk Brož |
diethyl ether (encz) | diethyl ether,dietyleter [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
divinyl ether (encz) | divinyl ether, n: |
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