aether wave

A form of æther wave — a quantum of light, a photon, an electromagnetic wave -- understood as being a disturbance in the æther, a substance believed to provide the medium for light in vacuum

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Meanings

nounaether wave (plural aether waves)

plural aether waves

  1. alternativeobsoletenatural sciencesAlternative form of æther wave.

    Light comes to us and acts upon our organs of sight as aether waves, but heat requires the aether waves to be converted to vibrations of matter and therefore heat cannot exist apart from matter.

    1909, Mines and Methods
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