how to pronounce ether

/ˈiːθɚ/

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ether is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of ether in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… defy as well as ether delta which was …”

meaning of ether

Ether is a type of chemical that is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, non-combustible, and highly flammable gas.

ether frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ether occurs in english on average 1.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ether can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ether can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;