ethereal

  • 1Ethereal — E*the re*al, a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. [1913 Webster] Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. Milton …

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  • 2Ethereal — could refer to: *Ethereal oils, concentrated, hydrophobic liquids containing volatile aromatic compounds extracted from plants *Wireshark (formerly Ethereal), a software network traffic analyzer *Ethereal, a horse that won Australia s Caulfield… …

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  • 3Ethereal — (англ. эфирный): Стиль музыки, характеризующийся светлой меланхолией, использованием электронных и неоклассических элементов (Mythos, Illuminate, Endraum, Deine Lakaien…). Первоначальное название программы Wireshark.     …

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  • 4ethereal — [ē thir′ē əl, ithir′ē əl] adj. [< L aetherius < Gr aitherios + AL] 1. of or like the ether, or upper regions of space 2. very light; airy; delicate [ethereal music] 3. not earthly; heavenly; celestial 4. Chem. of, like, or containing ether …

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  • 5ethereal — index immaterial, incorporeal, intangible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6Ethereal — es un analizador de protocolos, utilizado para realizar análisis y solucionar problemas en redes de comunicaciones, para desarrollo de software y protocolos, y como una herramienta didáctica para educación. Cuenta con todas las característias… …

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  • 7ethereal — 1510s, of the highest regions of the atmosphere, from ETHER (Cf. ether) + AL (Cf. al) (1); extended sense of light, airy is from 1590s. Meaning spiritlike, immaterial is from 1640s. Related: Ethereally …

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  • 8ethereal — *airy, aerial Analogous words: Celestial, heavenly, empyrean, empyreal: tenuous, rare, Chin Antonyms: substantial …

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  • 9ethereal — [adj] delicate, heavenly aerial, airy, celestial, dainty, divine, empyreal, empyrean, exquisite, fairy, filmy, fine, gaseous, ghostly, gossamer, impalpable, insubstantial, intangible, light, rarefied, refined, spiritual, sublime, subtle, supernal …

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  • 10ethereal — (also etherial) ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely delicate and light. 2) heavenly or spiritual. DERIVATIVES ethereality noun ethereally adverb …

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