aerial
[adjective]
Synonyms: airy, atmospheric, pneumatic, lofty, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, topless, towering, towery, ethereal, vaporous, vapory

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Related Words: immaterial, incorporeal, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable

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I. aer‧i‧al¹ /ˈeəriəl $ ˈer-/ adjective [only before noun]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: aerius, from Greek aerios, from aer; ⇒ aerate]

1. from a plane:
an aerial attack
aerial photographs
an aerial view of the Three Gorges Dam project

2. in or moving through the air

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II. aerial² noun [countable]

1. a piece of equipment for receiving or sending radio or television signals, usually consisting of a piece of metal or wire Synonym : antenna American English

2. aerials a sport in which someone goes down a mountain on skis and performs complicated jumps and turns in the air

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aerial
noun
ADJ. radio, television/TV
AERIAL + VERB transmit sth | pick sth up, receive sth The aerial receives signals from the ground.

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