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 [adj. air-ee-uhl, ey-eer-ee-uhl; n. air-ee-uhl]   Example Sentences Origin

aer·i·al

   [adj. air-ee-uhl, ey-eer-ee-uhl; n. air-ee-uhl]
adjective
1.
of, in, or produced by the air: aerial currents.
2.
inhabiting or frequenting the air: aerial creatures.
3.
operating on a track or cable elevated above the ground: an aerial ski lift up the mountainside.
4.
reaching far into the air; high; lofty: aerial spires.
5.
partaking of the nature of air; airy.
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6.
unsubstantial; visionary: aerial fancies.
7.
having a light and graceful beauty; ethereal: aerial music.
8.
Biology. growing in the air, as the adventitious roots of some trees.
9.
pertaining to or used for, against, or in aircraft.
10.
supplied or performed by means of aircraft: aerial support; aerial reconnaissance.
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noun
11.
a radio or television antenna.
12.
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Origin:
1595–1605; 1900–05 for def. 11; < Latin āeri(us) of the air (< Greek āérios, equivalent to āer- (stem of āḗr air1) + -ios adj. suffix) + -al1

Related forms
aer·i·al·ly, adverb
aer·i·al·ness, noun
su·per·aer·i·al, adjective
su·per·aer·i·al·ly, adverb
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Example Sentences
  • They make truck-mounted cranes and aerial work platforms.
  • Here's an aerial view of the overall plan of the garden.
  • Yet the inspectors found programmes for a range of undeclared unmanned aerial vehicles.
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aerial (ˈɛərɪəl)
 
—adj
1.  of, relating to, or resembling air
2.  existing, occurring, moving, or operating in the air: aerial cable car; aerial roots of a plant
3.  ethereal; light and delicate
4.  imaginary; visionary
5.  extending high into the air; lofty
6.  of or relating to aircraft: aerial combat
 
—n
7.  Also called: antenna the part of a radio or television system having any of various shapes, such as a dipole, Yagi, long-wire, or vertical aerial, by means of which radio waves are transmitted or received
 
[C17: via Latin from Greek aērios, from aēr air]

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aerial
c.1600, from L. ærius "airy," from Gk. aerios "of the air, pertaining to air," from aer "air" + adj. suffix -al. The noun is 1902 (short for aerial antenna, etc.).
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