Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the ether.
- Of or pertaining to or of the nature of the chemical substance known as ether: as, etheric oils.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
ether (all-pervading medium).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Edison seems to have noticed something of the kind in what he called the etheric force.
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Edison seems to have noticed something of the kind in what he called the etheric force.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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In Tansley as in Brennan you will find descriptions of a hierarchy of subtle energy sheaths or bodies called the etheric, emotional, mental and higher bodies that surround the physical body.
The epiphenomenal view of mind Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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ALTEA: I see them as physical beings, because we have what is known as the etheric body, the spirit body, which is the same shape and the same size as the physical body.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Rosemary Altea Discusses `You Own the Power' - March 15, 2000 2000
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We are not just the physical body or ego/personality but a composite of various energy bodies such as etheric, emotional and mental.
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To test this we disconnected the wire between the frog and battery, and placed, instead of a vibrating sounder, a simple Morse key and a sounder taking the 'etheric' from armature.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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His name 'etheric' may thirteen years ago have seemed to many people absurd.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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His name 'etheric' may, thirteen years ago, have seemed to many people absurd.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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The very subtle and tenuous substance of the Akashic Plane -- the term "etheric" may best describe the nature of this substance -- contains traces and impressions of all the happenings of the past of this earth; and such impressions may be read and seen by the clairvoyant who has developed sufficiently high powers of vision.
Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897
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The root chakra, known in Sanskrit as the Muladhara, is the first energy bridge into the etheric body, or the energy field that connects our life force to our form.
Kelley Harrell: Reality TV: The Root Chakra Darling Kelley Harrell 2011
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