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Webster 1828 Edition
Eter
BAROM
,'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
eter
eter
Dutch
Noun
eter m (plural eters, diminutive etertje n)
Derived terms
- alleseter m
- insecteneter m
- planteneter m
- vleeseter m
Anagrams
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *enter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with Latin inter (“between”) and Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈedʲer/
Preposition
eter
Descendants
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse eitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą.
Noun
ēter n
Declension
Declension of ēter (a-stem)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ēter | ētrit | — | — |
| accusative | ēter | ētrit | — | — |
| dative | ētri, -e | ētrinu, -eno | — | — |
| genitive | ēters | ētersins | — | — |
Descendants
- Swedish: etter
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.tɛr/
Noun
eter m inan
- ether (any compound with to hydrocarbon groups bonded to an oxygen atom)
- (informal) diethyl ether
Declension
declension of eter
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from French éther, Latin aethēr.
Noun
eter m (plural eteri)
- (organic chemistry) ether (compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
- (archaic, physics) ether (substance once thought to fill all space)
Declension
declension of eter
Noun
eter n (plural eteruri)
- (figuratively) air, sky, atmosphere
- (ancient philosophy and alchemy, uncountable) ether (classical physical element)
Declension
declension of eter
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) eter | eterul | (niște) eteruri | eterurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) eter | eterului | (unor) eteruri | eterurilor |
| vocative | eterule | eterurilor | ||
Swedish
Noun
eter c
- ether (a chemical)
- Sedan Morton (1846) lärt känna eterns bedöfvande verkan --Nordisk familjebok (1917)
- ether (once thought a substance filling all space, carrying electromagnetic waves; or the sky in general)
- Cedern strävar stolt mot eterns dag. --poetry by Erik Johan Stagnelius (c. 1820)
- Eterns tillvaro har ännu ej kunnat direkt påvisas --Nordisk familjebok (1881)
Declension
Declension of eter
Compounds
- eterisk
- etervåg