эфи́р — meaning in English
Efir
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English meaning
- Aether noun An old term for the clear upper air thought to fill the sky above the clouds, later used in science for a hypothetical substance once believed to fill space.
- air noun The mixture of gases that makes up Earth's atmosphere, which we breathe.
- ester noun A type of chemical compound formed when an acid and an alcohol react together, releasing water; many esters give fruits and flowers their smell.
- ether noun A sweet-smelling, highly flammable liquid once widely used as an anaesthetic and still used as a solvent.
Senses
эфи́р is used for these senses in English:
- Aether (Greek god) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of light, brother-husband of Hemera and grandson of Chaos.
- Ether (Mormonism) The ancient American prophet of Mormon theology who wrote the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon.
- air A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
- ester (organic compound) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.
- ether (uncountable, organic compound) Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
air — full definition
- noun The mixture of gases that makes up Earth's atmosphere, which we breathe.
- noun A particular quality, feeling, or manner someone or something has.
- noun Television or radio broadcasting.
- verb To broadcast something on television or radio.
- verb To make an opinion, complaint, or secret known publicly.