Ether

(abundance), one of the cities of Judah in the low country, the Shefelah, (Joshua 15:42) allotted to Simeon. (Joshua 19:7)

E'THER (abundance), a town in the lowlands of Judah, Josh 15:42; given to Simeon, Josh 19:7. In 1 Chr 4:32, Tochen is put in the place of Ether. Van de Velde suggested Tell Athar, and Wilton, ??Andrah??. Conder proposes, as the corresponding name, 'Atr.

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E'THER (abundance), a town in the lowlands of Judah, Josh 15:42; given to Simeon, Josh 19:7. In 1 Chr 4:32, Tochen is put in the place of Ether. Van de Velde suggested Tell Athar, and Wilton, ??Andrah??. Conder proposes, as the corresponding name, 'Atr.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.

2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.

3. A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.ethyl ether.

4. Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether. Complex ether, Mixed ether (Chem.), an oxide of two different radicals in the same molecule; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3. -- Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. -- Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam.