No. 3,790 in Russian
эфир
"Эфир" means "air" (as in a broadcast) or "ether."
In a sentence
Телевизионная программа будет в эфире в восемь вечера.
The TV program will be on air at eight in the evening.
Here, 'эфир' refers to the 'airwaves' or broadcasting time, commonly used in radio and television.
Таинство эфира окутано легендами в алхимической литературе.
The mystery of ether is shrouded in legends in alchemical literature.
In this sentence, 'эфир' refers to 'ether,' a classical element or substance.
На свежем воздухе я чувствую себя, как в эфире.
In the fresh air, I feel as if I were in ether.
Here, 'эфир' poetically describes the rarified and light feeling associated with air or space.
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