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subether

subether noun: a fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel.

Noun

subether (countable and uncountable, plural subethers)

  1. A fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel.
    • Her instrument panel was dead, not a single light across the con- sole on. Evidently the bdellium dish wasn't working. Either that, or the subether was still. Though the subether was never still, filled with voices from unimaginable distances.1996, Michael Kandel, Panda Ray, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 134

Forms of subether

pluralsubethers
alternative formsub-ether

Origin of subether

From sub- + ether.

Words formed from subether

Questions about subether

What does subether mean?
Subether means a fictional medium through which faster-than-light signals are able to travel.
What part of speech is subether?
Subether is a noun.
What is the plural of subether?
The plural of subether is subethers.

Words near subether in the dictionary

  1. subestimation
  2. subestimations
  3. subestuaries
  4. subestuary
  5. subeth
  6. subether
  7. subetheric
  8. subetherics
  9. subethers
  10. subethmoidal
  11. subethnic

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