aether wave

English

Noun

aether wave (plural aether waves)

  1. (obsolete, physics) Alternative form of æther wave
    • 1909, Mines and Methods:
      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.
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