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  2. Aether (classical element) - Wikipedia

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    According to ancient and medieval science, aether (/ ˈ iː θ ər /, alternative spellings include æther, aither, and ether), also known as the fifth element or quintessence, is the material that fills the region of the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere. [1]

  3. Akasha - Wikipedia

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    The direct translation of akasha is the word meaning 'aether' in Hinduism. The Nyaya and Vaisheshika schools of Hindu philosophy state that akasha is the fifth physical substance, which is the substratum of the quality of sound. It is the one, eternal, and all-pervading physical substance, which is imperceptible.

  4. Quintessence - Wikipedia

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    Aether (classical element), in medieval cosmology and science, the fifth element that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere; Quintessence (physics), a hypothetical form of dark energy, postulated to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe

  5. Classical element - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle added a fifth element, aether (αἰθήρ aither), as the quintessence, reasoning that whereas fire, earth, air, and water were earthly and corruptible, since no changes had been perceived in the heavenly regions, the stars cannot be made out of any of the four elements but must be made of a different, unchangeable, heavenly ...

  6. The Fifth Element - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Element was a strong financial success, earning more than US$263 million at the box office on a $90 million budget. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive European film ever made, and it remained the highest-grossing French film at the international box office until the release of The Intouchables in 2011.

  7. Fifth Element - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Element, a 1997 film by Luc Besson starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich . The Fifth Element, a 1998 video game based on the film; The Fifth Sacred Thing, which has also been referred to as The Fifth Element, is a novel by Starhawk

  8. Quintessence (physics) - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from quinta essentia (fifth element). So called in Latin starting from the Middle Ages, this was the (first) element added by Aristotle to the other four ancient classical elements because he thought it was the essence of the celestial world. Aristotle posited it to be a pure, fine, and primigenial element.

  9. List of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    A chemical element, often simply called an element, is a type of atom which has a specific number of protons in its atomic nucleus (i.e., a specific atomic number, or Z). [ 1 ] The definitive visualisation of all 118 elements is the periodic table of the elements , whose history along the principles of the periodic law was one of the founding ...