Oh my word Ether (Aether), Ethereal, Ethernet

Is ether one of the five elements of Nature? Yes. Philosophically, the five elements of Nature are Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether (Akasha or Akasam); and also in alchemy .

Ether is a noun. It has many meanings. Ether is the clear sky. The alternative spelling for this is aether. Poetically, ether refers of the sky, the heaves, the upper air. Philosophically, ether is a physical element (in addition to earth, water, air and fire) that is there in the heavens but not easily accessible to the humans.

In chemistry, ether refers to the colourless volatile organic liquid that serves as a solvent; ether is a chemical compound used earlier as an anaesthetic. Ether is a class of organic compoundwith a similar structure having oxygen joined by two alkyl groups; an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbons.

In historical contexts, ether or aether means medium through which electromagnetic waves were transmitted, and interact with matter but this is disproved by Albert Einstein through his Theory of Relativity. Ether refers to the medium to permeate space.

Ether comes from the Greek word aither.

Ether also functions as a verb meaning to viciously insult someone. The voter ethered the vote-seeking politician which he could not sustain so left the place to save himself. The variants of the verb form of ether are ethers, ethered, ethering.

The adjectival form of ether is etheric.

Ethereal is an adjective. Ethereal means heavenly, celestial. Is there an ethereal air in the Himalayas? Other meanings of ethereal are light, airy; something that is highly delicate; relating to the hypothetical or unproven upper and higher regions beyond the earth; beyond atmosphere; otherworldly.

Who can visit ethereal regions, and how? The variants of the adjective ethereal are ethereality (noun) and ethereally (adverb).

One of the meanings of ethereal is related to the ether. Meaning something consisting of ether as a result that is light, airy, spirit-like, tenuous; when someone or something is ethereal it is characterized by extreme delicacy such as in the form of manner, through and others.

Etherate, a noun, in chemistry is a complex formed between ether and a compound.

Ethernet is a system of communication in computers for local area networks (LANs) introduced in 1980s. It is linked by coaxial cable which prevents simultaneous transmission of more than one station. Ethernet is consigned to the history of networked computers as Internet gained ground, and has globalized.

Etherealism is a condition of being ethereal, or ethereality. Do you believe in etherealism, or in the ether, or both, or none?

Kovuuri G Reddy