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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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