etherとは

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.θə/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.θɚ/

韻: -iːθə(r)

語源 1

Borrowed from Old French ether, from Latin aethēr (“the upper pure, bright air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn, shine”).

名詞

ether (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ethers)

1. (organic chemistry, countable) A compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), a compound used as an early anaesthetic.
3. (ancient philosophy かつ alchemy, uncountable) A classical physical element, considered as prevalent in the heavens and inaccessible to humans. In some versions of alchemy, this was the fifth element in addition to air, earth, fire and water.
4. (historical, physics, uncountable) A substance (aether) once thought to fill all space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy (disproved by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity).
   • 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:

     Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

5. (poetic または literary) The sky or heavens; the upper air.

引用

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ether.

派生語

語源 2

Hip hop slang. Originates from song by Nas, Ether (song).

動詞

ether (三人称単数 現在形 ethers, 現在分詞 ethering, 過去形および過去分詞形 ethered)

1. (transitive, slang) To viciously insult.

   The battle rapper ethered his opponent and caused him to slink away in shame.

   • 2014 February 26, “HS Coach Gets Ethered By Girlfriend On FB, Resigns Amid Investigation”, in Deadspin:

引用

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ether.

アナグラム

• Ehret, Reeth, rethe, theer, there, three