Aerial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛəɹiəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Aerial is an adjective meaning Living or taking place in the air.
Meaning
Living or taking place in the air.
More Meanings
- (literary or archaic) Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
- Positioned high up; elevated.
- Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
- Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
- (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
- (botany) Above the ground.
- (chiefly UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
Example Sentences
aerial photography
an aerial view of the landscape
The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.
The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.
Word Forms
- aerials
Synonyms for aerial
Depending on context, synonyms include antenna, acrobatic, ethereal, airy, unreal, aery.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include airy, aeriform, overhead, ethereal, air, aery.
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