Definition of Aerial

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Aerial

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, aerial regions or currents.

Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.

Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants.

Light as air; ethereal.

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Aerial Quotations

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
Alexander Graham Bell

My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.
Steven Tyler

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.
Simon Newcomb

When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly.
Beryl Bainbridge

Aerial Translations

aerial in German is luftig, Antenne {f}
aerial in Norwegian is luftig
aerial in Swedish is antenn

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