aerial
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
arts
aviation
biology
botany
business
computer-graphics
computing
engineering
gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
photography
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)der.
Latin āerius
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English aerial
From Latin āeri(us) + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) + -ial.
Base: āerius
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more aerial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most aerial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: aërial
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dated
form: aerials
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aërial
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: Living or taking place in the air.
pos: adj
examples: The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.
gloss: Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
literary
examples: 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 [...].
gloss: Positioned high up; elevated.
pos: adj
examples: The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.
gloss: Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
pos: adj
examples: the great Recompence in view, for which the most exalted Minds have with so much Alacrity, sacrifis'd their Quiet, Health, sensual Pleasures, and every inch of themselves, has never been any thing else but the Breath of Man, the Aerial Coyn of Praise.
gloss: Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
pos: adj
gloss: Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
pos: adj
examples: aerial photography
an aerial view of the landscape
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
gloss: Above the ground.
pos: adj
gloss: A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: An aerial photograph.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A highly-contrasting visual artifact in the form of a band or ring.
pos: noun
examples: Lanczos3 for sharp results. May produce aerials. — Krita 5.2.2
Derived words: aerial cableway
aerial camera
aerial ladder
aerial photography
aerial ping pong
aerial railway
aerial ropeway
aerial runway
aerial survey
aerial surveying
aerial dance
aerial device
aerialism
aerialist
aeriality
aerialize
aerial lift
aerially
aerialness
aerial park
aerial perspective
aerial photo
aerial root
aerial ropeslide
aerial skiing
aerial tram
aerial tramway
aerial work platform
aerial yoga
aerily
avigation
Caballerial
nonaerial
pseudoaerial
Squarial
subaerial
unexplained aerial phenomenon
unidentified aerial phenomenon
varial
aerial photograph
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