aether

• Meio hipotético que se acreditava preencher todo o espaço e servir de suporte à propagação das ondas eletromagnéticas. Também se usa, de forma mais geral e poética, para designar o ar, o céu ou uma substância sutil que permeia o universo.

A hypothetical medium formerly believed to permeate all of space, serving as the carrier for the propagation of electromagnetic waves.

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   A substance once believed to fill all space and serve as the medium for the transmission of light and other electromagnetic waves.

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   • In the 19th century, physicists proposed the existence of aether to explain how light travels through a vacuum.
   • The Michelson-Morley experiment failed to detect the aether, leading to its rejection.
   • Einstein's theory of relativity eliminated the need for aether in physics.

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