aerial
1. [ noun ] (sport,american football) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
Synonyms: forward_pass
Related terms: pass screen_pass flare
2. [ adjective ] in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air
Examples:

"aerial particles," "small aerial creatures such as butterflies" "aerial warfare" "aerial photography" "aerial cable cars"

Related terms: aircraft air overhead
3. [ adjective ] in or consisting of or belonging to the air
Examples:

"small aerial creatures such as butterflies" "the hummingbird's aerial dance among the flowers" "aerial particles"

Related terms: air
4. [ adjective ] (botany) growing in air
Examples:

"aerial roots of a philodendron"

Related terms: botany air
5. [ adjective ] operating in the air; especially of or for or by means of aircraft
Examples:

"aerial warfare" "aerial photography"

Related terms: air
6. [ adjective ] characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Synonyms: ethereal airy aery aeriform
Examples:

"figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms"

Related terms: insubstantial
7. [ noun ] (physics,electronics) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Synonyms: antenna transmitting_aerial
Related terms: electrical_device dipole omnidirectional_antenna directional_antenna receiver transmitter
Similar spelling:   aerially