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# aether

noun (aether; no plural in use; old use)

«aether» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The bright, very thin air high up in the sky, above the clouds, which in old myths only the gods could breathe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aether/#m1)

### In the lessons

in myths and old stories, the pure upper air where the gods live, far above the clouds

### Examples

- The gods breathed aether high above the clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aether/#x1)
- Long ago people thought the sky was filled with aether. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aether/#x2)
- The bright aether shone above the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aether/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah's study, the writer links aether with the idea of emptiness and zero, set beside the three elements and the letters. In the primary lessons: in myths and old stories, the pure upper air where the gods live, far above the clouds

### Examples

- From a Pythagorean point of view the fifth element "aether" like infinity is only another name for vacuum.\* Therefore, aether also is logically identical with zero (Com. above p. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aether/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aether» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aether/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aether» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aether.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «aether» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aether/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aether» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/aether.html) on Mova free.