aerial

Definition of aerial

adjective:

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

noun:

• a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer. Synonyms: forward pass.
• an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals. Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial.

Related words

dipole, flare.

Words nearby aerial

aecial, atrial, ferial, serial.

Rhymes with aerial

actuarial, burial, malarial, secretarial.

Start with aerial

aerials, aerially, aerialist, aerialists.

End with aerial

subaerial.