Aether

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Aether (mythology) originally was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology.

The term aether, æther or ether may also refer to one of the following:

Contents 1 Science and engineering 2 Games 3 Music 3.1 Artists 3.2 Songs 4 Other

[edit] Science and engineering

• Aether (classical element), a concept, historically, used in science (as a medium) and in philosophy (as a substance)
  • Aether theories in alchemy, natural philosophy, and modern physics which suppose a "fifth element"
  • Luminiferous aether, in early physics considered to be the medium through which light propagates
• Ether, a class of chemical compounds, or specifically:
  • Diethyl ether, which has the common name "ether"

[edit] Games

• Aether (video game), a 2008 puzzle game
• Aether, a fictional planet, main setting for the 2004 video game Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

[edit] Music

[edit] Artists

• Ether, US-based Australian rock group better known as Memento (band), disbanded 2007

[edit] Songs

• "Ether," a song from the 1979 album Entertainment! by Gang of Four
• "Ether" (song), a 2001 song by American rapper Nas

[edit] Other

• Ether (Book of Mormon prophet), a prophet from the Book of Mormon

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