English Explanatory Dictionary

æther wave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

æther wave æther waves aether wave
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