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aerial

  • adjective
  • /ˈɛəɹiəl/

Living or taking place in the air.

Example

“The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.”

Other meanings

  1. Positioned high up; elevated.

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

  2. Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.

Related words

  • avigation
  • Caballerial
  • Squarial
  • varial
  • aerial ropeslide
  • aerial cableway
  • aerial camera
  • aerial device
  • aerial ladder
  • aerial lift
  • aerial park
  • aerial photography

Word history

From Ancient Greek "ἀέριος".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “aerial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.