a. [f. ETHER + -IC.] Of or pertaining to ether (see ETHER 5).
1878. G. M. Beard, in Pop. Sc. Monthly, XIII. 331. The ‘etheric force’ of Mr. T. A. Edison was primarily a question of physics.
1889. Forum (N.Y.), Feb., 662. The mode of vibration of the etheric particles.
