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1. adj. Living or taking place in the air. | |
The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display. | |
2. adj. (now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. | |
3. adj. Positioned high up; elevated. | |
The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm. | |
4. adj. Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. | |
5. adj. Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric. | |
6. adj. (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft. | |
7. adj. (botany) Above the ground | |
8. n. (chiefly UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc. | |
9. n. A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground. | |
10. n. (photography) Aerial photography. | |