What does aerial mean in English? Meaning of aerial definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "aerial" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "aerial": a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
Noun
Meaning: a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
Synonyms: aerial
forward pass
Hyponyms: flare
flare pass
screen pass
Hypernyms: pass
passing
passing game
passing play
Meaning of "aerial": existing or living or growing or operating in the air
Adjective
Meaning: existing or living or growing or operating in the air
Example: aerial roots of a philodendron
aerial particles
small aerial creatures such as butterflies
aerial warfare
aerial photography
aerial cable cars
Synonyms: aerial
Similar: free-flying
Meaning of "aerial": an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Noun
Meaning: an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Meaning of "aerial": characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Adjective
Meaning: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Example: figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away
aerial fancies
an airy apparition
physical rather than ethereal forms
Synonyms: aerial
aeriform
aery
airy
ethereal
Similar: insubstantial
unreal
unsubstantial
Adjective: Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.] The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.(now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. [from 16th c.] 1782, Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit, I: A soul [...] was first conceived to be an aerial, or an igneous substance, which animates the body during life, and makes its escape at death [...].1782, Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit, I: A soul [...] was first conceived to be an aerial, or an igneous substance, which animates the body during life, and makes its escape at death [...].Positioned high up; elevated. [from 16th c.] The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. [from 16th c.] 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees: the great Recompence in view, for which the most exalted Minds have with so much Alacrity, sacrifis'd their Quiet, Health, sensual Pleasures, and every inch of themselves, has never been any thing else but the Breath of Man, the Aerial Coyn of Praise.1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees: the great Recompence in view, for which the most exalted Minds have with so much Alacrity, sacrifis'd their Quiet, Health, sensual Pleasures, and every inch of themselves, has never been any thing else but the Breath of Man, the Aerial Coyn of Praise.Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric. [from 17th c.]Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft. [from 17th c.] 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
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