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   aerial

   /ˈɛːrɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. existing, happening, or operating in the air: "an aerial battle"
   • ▪ coming or carried out from the air, especially using aircraft: "aerial bombardment of civilian targets"
   • ▪ (of a part of a plant) growing above ground: "a huge banyan tree whose aerial roots hung back down to the ground"
   • ▪ (of a bird) spending much of its time in flight: "the more aerial and terrestrial birds are less dependent on a strictly aquatic habitat"
   • ▪ of or in the atmosphere; atmospheric.

   noun

   • 1. a rod, wire, or other structure by which signals are transmitted or received as part of a radio or television transmission or receiving system. British
   • 2. a type of freestyle skiing in which the skier jumps from a ramp and carries out manoeuvres in the air.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘thin as air, imaginary’): via Latin aerius from Greek aerios (from aēr ‘air’) + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. aeriality noun
   • 2. aerially adverb

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What does aerial mean?

   • The meaning of AERIAL is of, relating to, or occurring in the air or atmosphere. How to use aerial in a sentence. Did you know?

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   What is an aerial photograph?

   • An aerial is a piece of metal equipment that receives television or radio signals. You talk about aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are photographed by people in aeroplanes. Weeks of aerial bombardment had destroyed factories and highways.

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   What is a radio aerial?

   • An aerial is a device or a piece of wire that receives television or radio signals and is usually attached to a radio, television, car, or building. ...a saucer-shaped satellite television aerial. ...the radio aerials of taxis and cars. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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   How do you use aerial in a sentence?

   • You can use aerial to describe things that exist or happen above the ground or in the air. The seagulls swirled in aerial combat over the barges. An aerial is a device or a piece of wire that receives television or radio signals and is usually attached to a radio, television, car, or building. ...a saucer-shaped satellite television aerial.

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   operating on a track or cable elevated above the ground: an aerial ski lift up the mountainside. reaching far into the air; high; lofty: aerial spires. partaking of the nature of air; airy. unsubstantial; visionary: aerial fancies. having a light and graceful beauty; ethereal: aerial music.

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   existing or living or growing or operating in the air. “ aerial roots of a philodendron”. “ aerial particles”. “small aerial creatures such as butterflies”. “ aerial warfare”. “ aerial photography”. “ aerial cable cars”. synonyms: free-flying.

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   1. Of, in, or caused by the air. 2. Existing or living in the air. 3. Reaching high into the air; lofty. 4. Suggestive of air, as in lightness; airy. 5. Unsubstantial; imaginary. 6. Of, for, or by means of aircraft: aerial photography. 7. Botany Growing or borne above the ground or water: aerial roots. n. (âr′ē-əl) 1.