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aether

noun (aether; no plural in use; old use)

«aether» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

The bright, very thin air high up in the sky, above the clouds, which in old myths only the gods could breathe. tree →

In the lessons

in myths and old stories, the pure upper air where the gods live, far above the clouds

Examples

  • The gods breathed aether high above the clouds. tree →
  • Long ago people thought the sky was filled with aether. tree →
  • The bright aether shone above the mountains. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah's study, the writer links aether with the idea of emptiness and zero, set beside the three elements and the letters. In the primary lessons: in myths and old stories, the pure upper air where the gods live, far above the clouds

Examples

  • From a Pythagorean point of view the fifth element "aether" like infinity is only another name for vacuum.* Therefore, aether also is logically identical with zero (Com. above p. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aether/