"Ether" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Old French ether, from Latin aether (“the upper pure, bright air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn, shine”). Doublet of Aether. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|ether}} Old French ether, {{der|en|la|aether||the upper pure, bright air}} Latin aether (“the upper pure, bright air”), {{der|en|grc|αἰθήρ||upper air}} Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), {{m|grc|αἴθω||I burn, shine}} αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn, shine”), {{doublet|en|Aether}} Doublet of Aether Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ether
  1. (Roman mythology) The god-personification of the bright, glowing upper air of heaven. He is the Roman counterpart of Aether. Tags: Roman Categories (topical): Roman deities Translations (Roman God): Èter [masculine] (Catalan)
    Sense id: en-Ether-en-name-jFJgV7mw Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ether
  1. (Mormonism) The ancient American prophet of Mormon theology who wrote the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon. Tags: Mormonism Categories (topical): Mormonism Translations (ancient American figure of Mormon theology): Эфир (Efir) [masculine] (Russian), Éter [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Ether-en-name--~MnmmX6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 47 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: Ether [plural]
Etymology: From Ethereum. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Ethereum}} Ethereum Head templates: {{en-noun|Ether}} Ether (plural Ether)
  1. (cryptocurrencies) A unit of the Ethereum digital currency, ETH. Categories (topical): Cryptocurrency Synonyms: ether
    Sense id: en-Ether-en-noun-en:currency Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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