aerial

Plural: aerials

Noun

• An antenna for receiving or transmitting radio waves.
• a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
• an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
• A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
• A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
• An aerial photograph.

Adjective

• existing or living or growing or operating in the air
  • "aerial roots of a philodendron"
  • "aerial particles"
  • "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"
  • "aerial warfare"
  • "aerial photography"
  • "aerial cable cars"

Adjective Satellite

• characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; - Thomas Carlyle
  • "aerial fancies"

Adj

• Living or taking place in the air.
• Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
• Positioned high up; elevated.
• Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
• Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
• Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
• Above the ground

Examples

• aerial photography
• an aerial view of the landscape
• His ability to spot openings was like a finely tuned aerial for words.
• The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.
• The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.

Synonyms

aeriform, aery, airy, antenna, ethereal, forward pass, transmitting aerial, acrobatic, air step

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