Luminiferous aether
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title:
Luminiferous aether
text:
Luminiferous aether or ether was the postulated medium for the propagation of light. It was invoked to explain the ability of the apparently wave-based light to propagate through empty space, something that waves should not be able to do. The assumption of a spatial plenum of luminiferous aether, rather than a spatial vacuum, provided the theoretical medium that was required by wave theories of light. The aether hypothesis was the topic of considerable debate throughout its history, as it requir
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Obsolete postulated medium for the propagation of light
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminiferous_aether
date created:
2001-11-04T11:47:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T14:29:10Z
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