aerial adj

1 in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air; "aerial particles"; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars"

2 growing in air; "aerial roots of a philodendron"

3 characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, airy, aery, ethereal]

1 a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer [syn: forward pass]

2 an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals [syn: antenna, transmitting aerial]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛəriəl

Etymology

From aerius, from aerios.

Adjective

1. of, or in, the air; atmospheric

Translations

Noun

1. A device for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.

Synonyms

• (device for receiving or transmitting): antenna

Translations

Derived terms

• aerial cableway
• aerial camera
• aerial ladder
• aerial photograph
• aerial photography
• aerial ping pong
• aerial railway
• aerial ropeway
• aerial runway
• aerial survey
• aerial surveying

Aerial can mean:

Devices

• A radio antenna.
• Aerial apparatus, a device used for firefighting and rescue.
• Aerial work platform, a device for positioning workers.

Movement

• Aerial, a dance move found in Lindy Hop.
• Aerial, a type of skateboarding trick.
• Aerial Silks, a circus art.
• Front aerial, a gymnastics move performed in acro dance.
• Side aerial or aerial cartwheel, a gymnastics move performed in acro dance and various martial arts.

Music

• Aerial, an album by Kate Bush.
• Aerials, a song from the album Toxicity by System of a Down.

Organizations

• Aerial Wireless, a cellular phone company purchased by VoiceStream Wireless, which was then acquired by T-Mobile.

See also

• Aerial photography

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