Ethereal

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  • adjective. Extremely light or delicate.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of the celestial spheres; heavenly.
  • adjective. Spiritual or otherworldly.
  • adjective. Of or relating to ether.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Formed of or containing or filled with ether (sense 1); hence, relating or belonging to the heavens or heaven; heavenly; celestial; spiritual: as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
  • Figuratively, having the characteristics of ether or air; light, intangible, etc.
  • Existing in the air; resembling air; looking blue like the sky; aërial: as, “ethereal mountains,”
  • In physics, of, pertaining to, or having the constitution of ether (sense 2).
  • In chem., of or pertaining to an ether or to ether: as, “ethereal liquids,”
  • Same as volatile oil (which see, under volatile). Synonyms Airy, aerial, empyreal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial
  • adjective. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
  • adjective. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether.
  • adjective. See Essential oil, under Essential.
  • adjective. a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or œnanthic ether).
  • adjective. a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
  • adjective. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
  • adjective. Delicate, light and airy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of heaven or the spirit
  • adjective. of or containing or dissolved in ether
  • adjective. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
  • adjective. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air