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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer;
[syn: forward pass, aerial]

2. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals;
[syn: antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. existing or living or growing or operating in the air;
- Example: "aerial roots of a philodendron"
- Example: "aerial particles"
- Example: "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"
- Example: "aerial warfare"
- Example: "aerial photography"
- Example: "aerial cable cars"

2. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air;
- Example: "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle
- Example: "aerial fancies"
- Example: "an airy apparition"
- Example: "physical rather than ethereal forms"
[syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

aerial \aerial\, Aerial \A*["e]"ri*al\, a. [L. a["e]rius. See
   Air.]
   1. 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, a["e]rial regions or currents;
      the a["e]rial maneuvers of a fighter plane. "A["e]rial
      spirits." --Milton. "A["e]rial voyages." --Darwin.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature
      of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, a["e]rial spires.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. Growing, forming, living, or existing in the air, as
      opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or
      underground; as, a["e]rial rootlets, a["e]rial plants; the
      aerial roots of a philodendron. --Gray.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. Light as air; ethereal.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. operating or operated overhead especially on elevated
      cables. aerial conveyers for transporting raw materials
      [WordNet 1.5]

   7. operating or moving in the air. an aerial cable car;
      aerial combat
      [WordNet 1.5]

   Aerial acid, carbonic acid. [Obs.] --Ure.

   Aerial perspective. See Perspective.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

aerial \aerial\ n.
   1. (Football) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.

   Syn: forward pass
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. a metallic wire, rod, or combination of rods connected to
      an electronic device, designed to send or receive radio or
      television signals.

   Syn: antenna
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aerial
    adj 1: 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"
    2: 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" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery,
       ethereal]
    n 1: a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer [syn:
         forward pass, aerial]
    2: an electrical device that sends or receives radio or
       television signals [syn: antenna, aerial, transmitting
       aerial]