A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire.

A particle of solid material that emits radiant energy due either to its temperature or the process of combustion on its surface. (See Spark). Class A and Class D combustibles burn as embers under conditions where the flame typically associated with fire does not necessarily exist. This glowing combustion yields radiant emissions in parts of the radiant energy spectrum that are radically different from those parts affected by flaming combustion. Specialized detectors, specifically designed to detect those emissions, should be used in applications where this type of combustion is expected. In general, flame detectors are not intended for the detection of embers.

A type of drug, made from crushed and dried leaves. Two main varieties exist, "hot" and "cold"; hot embers are stimulants and cold are depressants. One can tell the difference betwen the two by the color of paper the dried roots are wrapped in - red or brown for hot and blue or grey for cold. Both are addictive, and may cause various side effects depending on the type.

Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.

Designation of three days (usually Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday) for prayer and fasting during a specific week out of each of the four seasons of the year, observed primarily in the Roman Catholic Church.

Ember is a C styled scripting language that can be used in many ways. It is a capable stand-alone language and can be used to quckly develop stand-alone applications. It can be embedded within an HTML document for creating dynamic content. Lastly, it can be embedded in other applications to provide scripting capabilities to the application.

Ember is an operating system based on the MIT Exokernel design. Currently, it only supports the IA-32 architecture.