noun
- A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.
- synonyms: forward pass
- An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.
- synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial
adjective
- Existing or living or growing or operating in the air.
- usage: "aerial roots of a philodendron"; "aerial particles"; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars"
- Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.
- usage: "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"
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