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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | air | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (botany) growing in air | |
| Examples: | "aerial roots of a philodendron" |
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| Related terms: | botany air | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] operating in the air; especially of or for or by means of aircraft | |
| Examples: | "aerial warfare" "aerial photography" |
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| 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" |
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| 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 |
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