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/ˈɛriəl/ Listen

adjective

Aerial adj.

1.

Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents; the aerial maneuvers of a fighter plane. "Aerial spirits." "Aerial voyages."

2.

Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

3.

Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.

4.

Growing, forming, living, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants; the aerial roots of a philodendron.

5.

Light as air; ethereal.

6.

Operating or operated overhead especially on elevated cables. "Aerial conveyers for transporting raw materials"

7.

Operating or moving in the air. "An aerial cable car"; "Aerial combat"

Aerial acid, carbonic acid. (Obs.)

Aerial perspective. See Perspective.

noun

aerial n.

1.

(Football) A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.

Synonyms: forward pass

2.

A metallic wire, rod, or combination of rods connected to an electronic device, designed to send or receive radio or television signals.

Synonyms: antenna

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Etymology of 'Aerial'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aerial" Quotes from Famous Books

... was not yet come down; so she sallied out for an additional half-hour's ramble. Flitting about through the village, trying to catch all the beautiful sunny peeps at the scenery between the cold stone houses, which threw the radiant distance into aerial perspective far away, she passed by the little shop; and, just issuing from it, came the nurse and baby, and little boy. The baby sat in placid dignity in her nurse's arms, with a face of queenly calm. Her fresh, soft, peachy ...

— Ruth • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

... parade was being gotten ready, Joe went inside the main top, which by this time was erected, to see about having his platforms and trapeze put in place. In this he was always very careful, as is every aerial performer. The least slip of a rope may cause disaster, and no matter how careful the attendants are, the performers themselves always give at least a casual ...

— Joe Strong The Boy Fire-Eater - The Most Dangerous Performance on Record • Vance Barnum

... spiral stair-case of black marble, consisting of three hundred and forty-five steps, winding like a cork-screw, to the summit, our aspirants reached their aerial station in the gallery of this lofty edifice, and enjoyed one of the most variegated and extensively 173 interesting prospects of any in the metropolis. Far as the eye could reach, skirting itself down the river, a forest of tall masts ...

— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan

... that Life has not are invented and fashioned for her delight. But wherever we have returned to Life and Nature, our work has always become vulgar, common and uninteresting. Modern tapestry, with its aerial effects, its elaborate perspective, its broad expanses of waste sky, its faithful and laborious realism, has no beauty whatsoever. The pictorial glass of Germany is absolutely detestable. We are beginning to weave possible carpets ...

— Intentions • Oscar Wilde

... lay the island inhabitants, each one an angel for beauty. As the dream of the magician deepened in rapture, the city wavered and changed more continually; its towers pierced more daringly into the way of the stars; for the darkness below he summoned birds of fire from the aerial deeps; they circled the palaces with flaming wings; they stained the air with richest dyes and rained forth emerald and blue and gold on the streets and sculptured walls and the inhabitants ...

— AE in the Irish Theosophist • George William Russell

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