éter

éter

1) In Aristotelian physics, the fifth element, of which the stars and planets are made.

2) In Classical physics, an invisible medium that was thought to suffuse all space.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Astronomy
Category: General astronomy
Company: Caltech
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

éter -metilbencílico

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 6 H 5 CH(CH 3 )OCH(CH 3 )C 6 H 5 A straw-colored, combustible liquid with a boiling point of 286.3_C; at 760 mmHg (101,325 pascals); slightly soluble in water; used as a ...

etil terciario butil éter (ETBE)

Biotechnology; Energy; Biofuel

Ether created from ethanol that can increase octane and reduce the volatility of gasoline, decreasing evaporation and smog formation

éter metil-terciario-butílico (MTBE)

Biotechnology; Energy; Biofuel

Ether created from methanol that can increase octane and decrease the volatility of gasoline, decreasing evaporation and smog formation

Sistema de Procesado de imágenes astronómicas

Astronomy; General astronomy

Developed by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

órbita

Astronomy; General astronomy

The path of one object about another (used here for an object orbiting the sun).

meteoros

Astronomy; General astronomy

Small rocky and/or icy particles that are swept up by the earth in its orbit about the sun. Also called "shooting stars", they travel across the sky in a very short time, from ...

equinoccio

Astronomy; General astronomy

Either of the two points (vernal, autumnal) on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic (which is the apparent path of the sun on the sky) intersects the celestial equator. Due to ...

cometa

Astronomy; General astronomy

A celestial body orbiting the sun (though some may be ejected from the solar system by planetary perturbations) that displays (at least during a portion of its orbit) some ...