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Re:Evidence that the key assumption made in discovery of dar... by ShorsHammer on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:46PM (#21975426)
Generally called aether, believe that ether is a misspelling which has lingered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether_theories

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Re:Evidence that the key assumption made in discovery of dar... by ncmncm on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:57PM (#21975954)
If you care what sort of ether you're on about, you say "luminiferous ether".
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Re:Evidence that the key assumption made in discovery of dar... by mishac on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:47PM (#21975893)
I believe it's just a regional spelling issue (like paediatriction/pediatriction or encylopaedia/encyclopedia)
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