aether

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ae·ther /ˈiːθə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]  MHHPan old spelling of ether (=the air or sky) 苍穹，苍天〔ether 的旧式拼法〕

Examples from the Corpus

aether• Maxwell's electromagnetic theory involved an aether occupying all space, whereas Einstein's radical recasting of it eliminated the aether.• All celestial objects in the super-lunar region were made of an incorruptible element called aether.• That was no problem nowadays, books travelled the aether like light and sound.• It is as dead as phlogiston and the universal aether.

ae·ther nounChineseSyllable  

or Corpus of sky) ether spelling an (=the old air

aether
ae‧ther /ˈiːθə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]
an old spelling of ether (=the air or sky)