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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ethereal \E*the"re*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as ethereal space; ethereal regions. Go heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. --Milton. 2. Consisting of ether; hence exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike characterized by extreme delicacy, as form manner, thought, etc Vast chain of being which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. --Pope. 3. (Chem.) Pertaining to derived from or resembling, ether; as ethereal salts. {Ethereal oil}. (Chem.) See {Essential oil}, under {Essential}. {Ethereal oil of wine} (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also {heavy oil of wine} (distinguished from oil of wine, or [oe]nanthic ether). {Ethereal salt} (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ethereal adj 1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: {aeriform}, {aerial}, {airy}, {aery}] 2: (chemistry) of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution" 3: of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [syn: {celestial}, {supernal}] 4: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing" [syn: {gossamer}]
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