ether in Japanese
ether in Japanese is エーテル, イーサー — ether means a sweet-smelling, highly flammable liquid once widely used as an anaesthetic and still used as a solvent.
ether in Japanese
エーテル
Pronounced: ēteru
エーテル
Pronounced: ēteru
(uncountable, physics, historical) Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
イーサー
Pronounced: īsā
(uncountable, physics, historical) Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
What does "ether" mean?
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noun A sweet-smelling, highly flammable liquid once widely used as an anaesthetic and still used as a solvent.
"Doctors once used ether to put patients to sleep before surgery."
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noun The clear upper sky or heavens, especially in older or poetic usage; historically, a hypothetical substance once thought to fill space.
"The poem describes stars scattered across the ether."
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noun The airwaves or broadcast medium through which radio, TV, or digital signals travel.
"The message vanished into the digital ether."
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ether in a sentence
- Doctors once used ether to put patients to sleep before surgery.
- The poem describes stars scattered across the ether.
- The message vanished into the digital ether.
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What is "ether" in Japanese?
"ether" in Japanese is エーテル, イーサー. ether means: A sweet-smelling, highly flammable liquid once widely used as an anaesthetic and still used as a solvent.
How do you pronounce エーテル?
"ether" in Japanese is エーテル, pronounced "ēteru".
How do you use "ether" in a sentence?
Example: "Doctors once used ether to put patients to sleep before surgery." In Japanese, "ether" is エーテル, イーサー.
Are there other ways to say "ether" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "ether": エーテル, イーサー.
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