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 Definitions of Aerial  [ˈɛər eɪ tər, ˈeɪ əˌreɪ-]  

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Definition of 'Aerial' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) aerial
of, in, or produced by the air:
aerial currents.

2.  aerial
done in or from the air:
aerial photography; an aerial survey.

3.  aerial
inhabiting or frequenting the air:
aerial creatures.

4.  aerial
operating on a track or cable above the ground:
an aerial ski lift.

5.  aerial
reaching far into the air; lofty:
aerial spires.

6.  aerial
unsubstantial; visionary:
aerial fancies.

7.  aerial
having a light and graceful beauty; ethereal:
aerial music.

8.  aerial
growing in the air, as the adventitious roots of some trees.

9.  aerial
pertaining to aircraft.

10.  aerial
launched by or against an aircraft:
aerial bombs.

11.  aerial
supplied or performed by aircraft:
aerial support.

12. (n.) aerial
a radio or television antenna.

Etymology:  (1595–1605; < L āeri(us) of the air (< Gk āérios, der. of āērair ) + -al1)

Definition of 'Aerial' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) forward pass, aerial
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer

2. (adj) antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

3. (adj) aerial
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"

4. (adj) aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
"figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"


Definition of 'Aerial' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) aerial
from or in the air
aerial photographs


Definition of 'Aerial' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Aerial
of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents

2. (adj) Aerial
consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal

3. (adj) Aerial
rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires

4. (adj) Aerial
growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants

5. (adj) Aerial
light as air; ethereal


Translation of 'Aerial' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (Americananˈtenna) a wire or rod (or a set of these) able to send or receive radio waves etc
a television aerial.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: antenna Arabic flag Arabic: هَوَائِيّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: антена
Brazilian flag Brazilian: antena Czech flag Czech: anténa German flag German: die Antenne
Danish flag Danish: antenne Greek flag Greek: κεραία Spanish flag Spanish: antena
Estonian flag Estonian: antenn Farsi flag Farsi: آنتن Finnish flag Finnish: antenni
French flag French: antenne Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַנְטֶנָה Hindi flag Hindi: एरियल, रेडियो संकेत पकडने
Croatian flag Croatian: zračan Hungarian flag Hungarian: antenna Indonesian flag Indonesian: antena
Icelandic flag Icelandic: loftnet Italian flag Italian: antenna Japanese flag Japanese: アンテナ
Korean flag Korean: 안테나 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: antena Latvian flag Latvian: antena
Malay flag Malay: antena Dutch flag Dutch: antenne Norwegian flag Norwegian: antenne
Polish flag Polish: antena Persian flag Persian: آنتن Pashto flag Pashto: آنتن
Portuguese flag Portuguese: antena Romanian flag Romanian: antenă Russian flag Russian: антенна
Slovak flag Slovak: anténa Slovenian flag Slovenian: antena Serbian flag Serbian: antena
Swedish flag Swedish: antenn Thai flag Thai: สายอากาศ Turkish flag Turkish: anten
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 天線 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: антена Urdu flag Urdu: ریڈیو یا ٹی وی کا ایریل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ăng-ten Chinese flag Chinese: 天线

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