A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
Starting fluid.
Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
To viciously humiliate or insult.
The extent of a given perception.
The background of the shield.
An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal
A region containing a particular mineral.
A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms.
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
The background of the flag.
The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
The outfield.
An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
To answer; to address.
To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
To execute research (in the field).
To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
To deploy in the field.
The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
To defeat.
To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.