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subethers

subethers is the plural of subether.

Meaning of subether

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

Questions about subethers

What is subethers the plural of?
Subethers is the plural of subether.

Words near subethers in the dictionary

  1. subestuary
  2. subeth
  3. subether
  4. subetheric
  5. subetherics
  6. subethers
  7. subethmoidal
  8. subethnic
  9. subethnicities
  10. subethnicity
  11. subevent

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