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aerial definition
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Grep of noun aerial aerial aerial ladder aerial ladder truck aerial torpedo aerial tramway aerialist dish aerial radio aerial transmitting aerial yagi aerial Overview of noun aerial The noun aerial has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) forward pass, aerial -- (a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer) 2. antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial -- (an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals) Overview of adj aerial The adj aerial has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (0) aerial -- (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. aerial -- ((botany) growing in air; "aerial roots of a philodendron") 3. aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal -- (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") Antonyms of adj aerial 3 senses of aerial Sense 1 aerial INDIRECT (VIA sea, air) -> land INDIRECT (VIA air, land) -> sea Sense 2 aerial INDIRECT (VIA sea, air) -> land INDIRECT (VIA air, land) -> sea Sense 3 aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal INDIRECT (VIA insubstantial) -> substantial, real, material Similarity of adj aerial 3 senses of aerial Sense 1 aerial => air(postnominal) (vs. land) (vs. sea) Sense 2 aerial => air(postnominal) (vs. land) (vs. sea) Sense 3 aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal => insubstantial (vs. substantial), unsubstantial, unreal Attributes of adj aerial Familiarity of adj aerial aerial used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj aerial aerial Overview of noun aerial The noun aerial has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) forward pass, aerial -- (a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer) 2. antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial -- (an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals) Overview of adj aerial The adj aerial has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (0) aerial -- (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. aerial -- ((botany) growing in air; "aerial roots of a philodendron") 3. aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal -- (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")
aerial definition
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