Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aerial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aerial \A*["e]"ri*al\, a. [L. a["e]rius. See {Air}.]
1. 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, a["e]rial regions or currents.
``A["e]rial spirits.'' --Milton. ``A["e]rial voyages.''
--Darwin.
2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature
of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, a["e]rial spires.
4. Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to
growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as,
a["e]rial rootlets, a["e]rial plants. --Gray.
5. Light as air; ethereal.
{A["e]rial acid}, carbonic acid. [Obs.] --Ure.
{A["e]rial perspective}. See {Perspective}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aerial
adj 1: in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of
aircraft or elevated cables) in the air; "aerial
particles," "small aerial creatures such as
butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography";
"aerial cable cars"
2: (botany) growing in air; "aerial roots of a philodendron"
3: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and
aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle;
"aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather
than ethereal forms" [syn: {aeriform}, {airy}, {aery}, {ethereal}]
n 1: a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer [syn: {forward
pass}]
2: an electrical device that sends or receives radio or
television signals [syn: {antenna}, {transmitting aerial}]
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