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Webster 1828 Edition
Eter
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,'ETER,Noun.
An instrument for measuring the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, consisting of a glass tube,hermetically sealed at one end, filled with quicksilver, well defecated and purged of air, and inverted in a basin of quicksilver. A column of quicksilver is then supported in the tube, of equal weight with the incumbent
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atmosphere. This instrument was invented by Torricelli, of Florence, in 1643. Its uses are to indicate changes of weather, and to determine the altitude of mountains, by the falling and rising of the mercury. For this purpose,the tube is fixed to a graduated scale, so that the smallest variation in the column is visible.
Definition 2024
Éter
éter
éter
Hungarian
Noun
éter (plural éterek)
- (poetic) ether
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | éter | éterek |
| accusative | étert | étereket |
| dative | éternek | étereknek |
| instrumental | éterrel | éterekkel |
| causal-final | éterért | éterekért |
| translative | éterré | éterekké |
| terminative | éterig | éterekig |
| essive-formal | éterként | éterekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | éterben | éterekben |
| superessive | éteren | étereken |
| adessive | éternél | étereknél |
| illative | éterbe | éterekbe |
| sublative | éterre | éterekre |
| allative | éterhez | éterekhez |
| elative | éterből | éterekből |
| delative | éterről | éterekről |
| ablative | étertől | éterektől |
| Possessive forms of éter | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | éterem | étereim |
| 2nd person sing. | étered | étereid |
| 3rd person sing. | étere | éterei |
| 1st person plural | éterünk | étereink |
| 2nd person plural | éteretek | étereitek |
| 3rd person plural | éterük | étereik |
Derived terms
- éteri
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin aethēr (“the upper pure, bright air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn, shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.teɹ/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.teɻ/
- Hyphenation: é‧ter
Noun
éter m (plural éteres, obsolete plural éters)
- (organic chemistry) ether (class and specifically diethyl ether)
- (alchemy) aether (classical physical element)
- (physics, obsolete) aether (substance once thought to fill all space)
- (poetic) aether (the upper sky)
Synonyms
- (diethyl aether): éter etílico, éter sulfúrico
- (classical physical element): quinto elemento
- (the upper sky): (os) céus
Coordinate terms
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