aerial
pronunciation
How to pronounce aerial in British English:
UK [ˈeəriəl]
How to pronounce aerial in American English:
US [ ˈeriəl]
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- Noun:
- a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
- an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
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- Adjective:
- in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air
- growing in air
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
Word Origin
- aerial (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin aerius "airy, aerial, lofty, high" (from Greek aerios "of the air, pertaining to air," from aer "air;" see air (n.1)) + adjectival suffix -al (1).
- aerial (n.)
- 1902 (short for aerial antenna, etc.); see aerial (adj.).
Synonym
thin aural see-through atmospheric weightless aeriform volatile airy light attenuated invisible vaporous gaseous
Example
- 1. Another possibility is an agreement to share aerial tankers .
- 2. Any aerial that can pick up uhf and vhf signals will receive digital television signals .
- 3. Aerial refueling training is one example of how this technology can be used .
- 4. An aerial shot of wildebeest in the okavango delta , botswana .
- 5. It was the world 's first aerial bombardment .