aether
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of aether
First recorded in 1570–80, replacing earlier ether
Example Sentences
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Until the experiment was performed in 1887, scientists believed that light waves propagate through a medium that scientists called the luminiferous aether.
From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2023
With white Legendborn aether in one hand and her Black ancestors’ rootcraft in the other, Bree wrestles with the heavy legacy that granted her King Arthur’s unrivaled strength.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022
For instance, the aether — a theoretical space-filling medium rejected in Einstein’s relativity — is still “anything but empty”.
From Nature • Nov. 5, 2019
Anyone with a story to tell and a computer to record can put that story out into the aether.
From The Verge • Jan. 7, 2019
One day we may discover that some of our most cherished forms of knowledge are as obsolete as epicycles, phlogiston, caloric, the electromagnetic aether and, indeed, Newtonian physics.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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