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noun • the head of the Roman Catholic Church • English poet and satirist (1688-1744) | ||||||||
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18% | 6 | According to ancient scientists, it was the fifth element that filled the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere | ||||||
noun • a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves • personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness | ||||||||
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