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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. ``A["e]rial spirits.'' --Milton. ``A["e]rial voyages.'' --Darwin. 2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal. 3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as a["e]rial spires. 4. Growing, forming, 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. --Gray. 5. Light as air; ethereal. {A["e]rial acid}, carbonic acid. [Obs.] --Ure. {A["e]rial perspective}. See {Perspective}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aerial adj 1: operating or operated overhead especially on elevated cables; "aerial conveyers for transporting raw materials"; "aerial cable cars"; "an aerial walkway between the buildings" 2: operating in the air; especially of or for or by means of aircraft; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography" 3: (botany) growing in air; "aerial roots of a philodendron" 4: in or consisting of or belonging to the air; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "the hummingbird's aerial dance among the flowers"; "aerial particles" 5: 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}, {airy}, {aery}, {ethereal}] n 1: a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer [syn: {forward pass}] 2: sends or receives radio or television signals [syn: {antenna}, {transmitting aerial}]
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