Definitions for aerial
ˈɛər i əl, eɪˈɪər i əl; ˈɛər i əlaeri·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. forward pass, aerialnoun

   a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer

2. antenna, aerial, transmitting aerialadjective

   an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

3. aerialadjective

   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. aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, etherealadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aerialnoun

   A device for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.

2. aerialadjective

   of, in, or from the air; atmospheric

   The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.

3. aerialadjective

   ethereal

4. Etymology: From aerius, from ἀέριος.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aerialadjective

   Etymology: aërius, Lat.

   1. Belonging to the air, as consisting of it.

   The thunder, when to roll
   With terrour through the dark aerial hall. Paradise Lost.

   From all that can with sins or feathers fly,
   Thro’ the aerial or the wat’ry sky. Matthew Prior.

   I gathered the thickness of the air, or aerial interval, of the glasses at that ring. Isaac Newton, Opticks.

   Vegetables abound more with aerial particles, than animal substances. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   2. Produced by the air.

   The gifts of heav’n my foll’wing song pursues,
   Aerial honey, and ambrosial dews. John Dryden, Virg. Georg.

   3. Inhabiting the air.

   Where those immortal shapes
   Of bright aerial spirits live inspher’d,
   In regions mild, of calm and serene air. Paradise Regained.

   Aerial animals may be subdivided into birds and flies. John Locke.

   4. Placed in the air.

   Here subterranean works and cities see,
   There towns aerial on the waving tree. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.

   5. High; elevated in situation, and therefore in the air.

   A spacious city stood, with firmest walls,
   Sure mounded, and with numerous turrets crown’d,
   Aerial spires, and citadels, the seat
   Of kings and heroes resolute in war. Philips.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aerial

   Aerial refers to anything that is related to or performed in the air, typically referring to actions, activities, or objects that take place or are designed to operate above the earth's surface.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 4 votes

1. Aerialadjective

   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. Aerialadjective

   consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal

3. Aerialadjective

   rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires

4. Aerialadjective

   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. Aerialadjective

   light as air; ethereal

6. Etymology: [L. arius. See Air.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aerial

   Aerial is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aerial

   ā-ēr′i-al, adj. belonging to the air: inhabiting or existing in the air: elevated, lofty, ethereal.—ns. Aerial′ity, Aer′ialness.—adv. Aer′ially.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aerial

   A type of device created and designed for a variety of purposes.

   Most televisions have an aerial.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Aerial

   living in the air; applied to flying insects.

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Anagrams for aerial »

1. realia

2. aralie

How to pronounce aerial?

1. Alex

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How to say aerial in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aerial in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aerial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of aerial in a Sentence

1. Tourism Minister Jean Kapata:

   We have lifted the hunting ban for leopards starting this 2015/2016 season, which begins in July and we are going to allow lion hunting starting next year, we did an aerial survey and established that we have more than 4,000 lions and leopards are in excess of 8,000.

2. The Secret Service:

   In an effort to expand upon our current use of traditional manned aircraft platforms to provide overhead situational awareness, the U.S. Secret Service is developing a program to incorporate the use of several types of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and tethered systems, these systems will serve as valuable tools the Secret Service will use to further our protective mission.

3. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

   The aerial reconnaissance flights confirmed significant damage in the southern islands, particularly Tanna island, where it appears that more than 80 percent of houses and buildings have been partially or completely destroyed.

4. Nick Pope:

   Im more interested in the fact that this first photo has been leaked, and in the related leaking of information about the Pentagons Unidentified Aerial Task Force, where serving intelligence community personnel have shared insights from two intelligence positionreports, with my own defense background in this subject, three things stand out. Firstly, the description by one insider of the reports as shocking a wordthat begs the question what about UAP do these people find shocking. Secondly, the fact that the intelligence reports seem to have been given a surprisingly wide distribution in various intelligence agencies, and thirdly, the fact that the extraterrestrial hypothesis seems genuinely not to have been taken off the table.

5. Collin Koh:

   In the past and till recently, the Chinese military had challenged foreign military aerial activities in the international airspace in such manner as though it’s national airspace.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=aerial
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aerial
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=aerial
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aerial
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=aerial
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=aerial
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=aerial