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English adjective: aerial | |||
| 1. | aerial existing or living or growing or operating in the air | ||
| Samples | Aerial roots of a philodendron. Aerial particles. Small aerial creatures such as butterflies. Aerial warfare. Aerial photography. Aerial cable cars. | ||
| Similar | free-flying | ||
| Domain category | botany, phytology | ||
| 2. | aerial characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | ||
| Samples | Figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away. Aerial fancies. An airy apparition. Physical rather than ethereal forms. | ||
| Synonyms | aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal | ||
| Similar | insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial | ||
| Antonyms | substantial, material, real | ||
English noun: aerial | |||
| 1. | aerial (act) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer | ||
| Synonyms | forward pass | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pass, passing, passing game, passing play | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flare, flare pass, screen pass | ||
| 2. | aerial (artifact) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals | ||
| Synonyms | antenna, transmitting aerial | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electrical device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dipole, dipole antenna, directional antenna, nondirectional antenna, omnidirectional antenna | ||
| Part meronym | receiver, receiving system, sender, transmitter | ||
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