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Aerial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Aerial? [n] a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer [n] an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals [adj] 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" [adj] (botany) growing in air; "aerial roots of a philodendron" [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Aerial: aeriform \| aery \| air(a) \| airy \| antenna \| ethereal \| forward pass \| insubstantial \| transmitting aerial \| unreal \| unsubstantial Related Terms \| Find terms related to Aerial: aerials \| aeriform \| aerodynamic \| aerophysical \| aerospace \| aerostatic \| aerotechnical \| aery \| air-built \| air-conscious \| airish \| airlike \| air-minded \| airsick \| air-wise \| airworthy \| airy \| alfresco \| altitudinous \| ascending \| aspiring \| atmospheric \| aviational \| breezy \| chimeric \| cloud-born \| cloud-built \| cloud-woven \| colossal \| directional antenna \| dish \| dominating \| doublet \| elevated \| eminent \| ethereal \| exalted \| exposed \| fuming \| fumy \| gaseous \| gasified \| gasiform \| gaslike \| gassy \| haughty \| high \| high-pitched \| high-reaching \| high-set \| high-up \| immaterial \| impalpable \| imperceptible \| imponderable \| incorporeal \| light \| lofty \| mast \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmatic \| miasmic \| monumental \| mounting \| Olympian \| open-air \| outtopping \| overlooking \| overtopping \| oxyacetylene \| oxygenous \| ozonic \| phantasmal \| pneumatic \| prominent \| reeking \| reeky \| reflector \| rhombic antenna \| roomy \| skyscraping \| smoking \| smoky \| soaring \| spiring \| steaming \| steamy \| steep \| sublime \| superlative \| supernal \| topless \| toplofty \| topping \| tower \| towering \| towery \| transmitting antenna \| tropospheric \| uplifted \| upreared \| vaporing \| vaporish \| vaporlike \| vaporous \| vapory \| wave antenna See Also \| dipole \| dipole antenna \| directional antenna \| electrical device \| nondirectional antenna \| omnidirectional antenna \| pass \| passing \| passing game \| passing play \| receiver \| receiving system \| screen pass \| sender \| transmitter Aerial In Webster's Dictionary \A["e]"rial\, a. [L. a["e]rius. See {Air}.] 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, a["e]rial regions or currents. ``A["e]rial spirits.'' --Milton. ``A["e]rial voyages.'' --Darwin. 2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal. 3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, a["e]rial spires. 4. Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, a["e]rial rootlets, a["e]rial plants. --Gray. 5. Light as air; ethereal. {A["e]rial acid}, carbonic acid. [Obs.] --Ure. {A["e]rial perspective}. See {Perspective}.

Aerial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aerial?

[n] a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
[n] an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
[adj] 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"
[adj] (botany) growing in air; "aerial roots of a philodendron"
[adj] 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"

Aerial In Webster's Dictionary

\A*["e]"ri*al\, a. [L. a["e]rius. See {Air}.]
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, a["e]rial regions or currents.
   ``A["e]rial spirits.'' --Milton. ``A["e]rial voyages.''
   --Darwin.

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

3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, a["e]rial spires.

4. Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to
   growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as,
   a["e]rial rootlets, a["e]rial plants. --Gray.

5. Light as air; ethereal.

{A["e]rial acid}, carbonic acid. [Obs.] --Ure.

{A["e]rial perspective}. See {Perspective}.

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