etheric
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the chemical ether.
Efficient and selective cleavage of etheric carbon-oxygen bonds is crucial for converting biomass into liquid transportation fuels.
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of or relating to ether, a substance believed by the ancients to fill the upper regions of space.
Across the top of the fresco, the artist depicts allegorical representations of the planets orbiting the heavens on a rainbow ring within the etheric clouds.
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Physics. of or relating to ether, a hypothetical substance postulated to occupy all space.
The etheric hypothesis was effectively disproven by Einstein’s theory of relativity.
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of or relating to the heavens or a spiritual world or plane of existence.
Souls exist in the vast domain diversely referred to by mystics and theologians as the etheric realm, heaven, or the afterlife.
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of or relating to a person’s aura, a quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from someone.
The gemstones in this pendant were chosen to enhance the body's own etheric field.
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Rare. ethereal.
Etymology
Origin of etheric
Example Sentences
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HH: Working with a lot of dead artists’ archives, including my father’s, early on I decided to reject the received reputation, the murmurs about him around L.A. as I was growing up, and just commune with him through his music and etheric presence, and let him change that way even in the afterlife.
From Los Angeles Times
He shares it the way an arranger shares his manner of hearing a song, as texture and sequence, an etheric demeanor made material.
From Los Angeles Times
Another option: black tourmaline, an “etheric vacuum cleaner” that helps clear negative energy and, as a stocking-stuffer bonus, happens to look not unlike a polished lump of coal.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s an etheric, atmospheric, potent charge of feeling.
From Seattle Times
We all write more sentences now than ever, but how hard do we think about the shape of these etheric objects?
From New York Times
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