Sekirov Dictionary

aerial

/ˈɛəɹiəl/

adjective 7
noun 5
forms 3

adjective7

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Living or taking place in the air.
- The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.
Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
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Positioned high up; elevated.
- The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.
Above the ground.
Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
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(literary, no longer used) Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
- 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

noun5

(UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
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An aerial photograph.
- Hemment is on record as being the first person to film aerials of wildlife – he filmed a flock of wild ducks early in 1911, possibly on Rainey's Louisiana property. — 2010
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A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
- In their dancing, clubbers were flamboyant. They experimented with new dance steps and improvisations, including risky maneuvers and aerials in which women were flipped into the air. — 2002
A move that involves performing a full rotation while in the air, without touching any equipment such as a balance beam or panel mat with one's hands.
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A highly-contrasting visual artifact in the form of a band or ring.
- Lanczos3 for sharp results. May produce aerials. — Krita 5.2.2

forms

aerials · more aerial · most aerial

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