The aether, as then postulated, was considered by many scientists to be the medium through which waves of light travelled.

那时，以太被许多科学家看作光传播的介质。

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At the time, people believed that light waves, just as sound waves, ocean waves or shock waves, had to travel through a medium.

当时，人们认为，光波就像声波、海浪波或冲击波一样，它们的运行必须穿过介质。

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Sound waves need a medium through which to travel, whether it's air, water, glass or metal.

声波的传播需要媒介，这种媒介可以是空气、水、玻璃或金属。

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Experts at Ux Consulting (UxC), which produces what has become the industry standard price index for uranium, noted that while underlying fundamentals remain strong, financial speculation and the possible dumping of supplies into the market could keep prices for the yellow metal suppressed in the short to medium run. (Read Uranium and Nuclear Stocks Feel The Shock Waves Of Fukishima Meltdown).

FORBES: Speculators Push Uranium Prices Down, China Keeps Long Term Prospects Intact

It would seem that the various tectonic collapses deep in the structure of our economic and political systems have triggered waves of kinetic energy which are rolling through human populations rather than through their usual medium of seawater.

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