Aether
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
Ether
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.Diethyl ether (C4H10O), a compound used as an early anaesthetic.A classical physical element, considered as prevalent in the heavens and inaccessible to humans. In some versions of alchemy, this was the fifth element in addition to air, earth, fire and water.A substance (aether) once thought to fill all space that allowed Electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy (disproved by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity).The sky or heavens; the upper air.
Example sentence: We have to wonder whether digital technology, rather than making it easier to communicate, is actually doing the opposite. We now sit alone at a keyboard, firing off zeros and ones into the ether. Offices are silent.