ether vs radio

ether

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura. 

  • Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups. 

  • 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). 

verb
  • To viciously humiliate or insult. 

radio

noun
  • The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio. 

  • The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves. 

  • A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. 

  • A device that can transmit radio signals. 

  • On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media. 

verb
  • To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications. 

  • To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator). 

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