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==English==
==English==
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[[Image:Aerial view to Motovun.jpg|An '''aerial''' shot of the Croatian town {{w|Motovun}}|thumb]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|aërial}} {{q|archaic}}

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|lang1=la|āerius|al}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἀέριος}}, from {{m|grc|ἀήρ||air}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɛɹiəl/|a=GA,Mmmm}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɛəɹɪəl/|/ˈɛəɹiəl/|a=RP,nMmmm}}
* {{IPA|en|/eɪˈɪəɹɪəl/|/eɪˈɛəɹɪəl/|a=obsolete}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aerial.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{homophones|en|areal|Ariel}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛəɹiəl|s=3}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Living or taking place in the [[air]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|The seabirds put on an astonishing '''aerial''' display.}}
# {{lb|en|now|_|literary|_|or|_|historical}} Made up of [[air]] or [[gas]]; [[gaseous]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1782|author=w:Joseph Priestley|title=Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit|section=I
|passage=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 [...].}}
# Positioned [[high]] up; [[elevated]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|The '''aerial''' photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.}}
# [[ethereal|Ethereal]], [[insubstantial]]; [[imaginary]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1714|author=w:Bernard Mandeville|title=The Fable of the Bees|passage=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.}}
# Pertaining to the [[air]] or [[atmosphere]]; [[atmospheric]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
# {{lb|en|aviation}} Pertaining to a [[vehicle]] which travels through the [[air]]; [[airborne]]; relating to or conducted by means of [[aircraft]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-07|author=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/edpilkington Ed Pilkington]
|volume=188|issue=26|page=6|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly
|title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/29/killer-robots-ban-un-warning ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told]
|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|botany}} Above the [[ground]]

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|avigation|Caballerial|Squarial|varial
|aerial cableway
|aerial camera
|aerial device
|aerial ladder
|aerial lift
|aerial park
|aerial photography
|aerial ping pong
|aerial railway
|aerial root
|aerial ropeway
|aerial runway
|aerial skiing
|aerial survey
|aerial surveying
|aerial work platform
|aerial yoga
|aerialism
|aerialist
|aeriality
|aerially
|aerialness
|nonaerial
|pseudoaerial
|subaerial
|unexplained aerial phenomenon
|unidentified aerial phenomenon
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|taking place in the air}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جَوِّيّ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|օդային}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|aereu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|паве́траны}}, {{t|be|атмасфе́рны}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|възду́шен}}, {{t|bg|атмосфе́рен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aeri}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|空中}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vzduchový}}, {{t+|cs|vzdušný}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|aera}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lennupõhine}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ilma|alt=ilma-}}, {{t+|fi|lento|alt=lento-}}
* French: {{t+|fr|aérien}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|aéreo}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|საჰაერო}}
* German: {{t+|de|Luft|alt=Luft-}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀέριος}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|אֲוִירִי|tr=avirí}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|légi}}, {{t+|hu|függő}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|aerala}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|aereo}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|aerius}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|воздушен}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|aerial}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|lyften}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|powietrzny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aéreo}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|aerian}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|возду́шный}}, {{t+|ru|атмосфе́рный}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зра́чан}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|zráčan}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vzdušný}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|zračen}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aéreo}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|hangining}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|пові́тряний}}, {{t+|uk|повітря́ний}}, {{t+|uk|атмосфе́рний}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|ethereal}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|эфі́рны}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aeri}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|虚幻}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|eteerinen}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ეთერული}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|aerga}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|etereo}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|etéreo}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|эфи́рный}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ефі́рний}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
'''aerial'''

# device for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
# {{lb|en|chiefly|_|UK}} A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
# A [[move]], as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2002|author=Joseph A. Kotarba; John M. Johnson|title=Postmodern Existential Sociology|page=78
|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|photography}} An [[aerial photography|aerial photograph]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Jean Hartley|title=Africa's Big Five and Other Wildlife Filmmakers|passage=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.}}

====Usage notes====
Some make a distinction between an {{m|en|antenna}} and an {{m|en||aerial}}, with the former used to indicate a rigid structure, and the latter consisting of a wire strung in the air. For those who do not make a distinction, {{m|en|antenna}} is more commonly used in the United States and Australia, while {{m|en||aerial}} is more commonly used in the United Kingdom.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|device for receiving or transmitting}} {{l|en|antenna}}
* {{sense|dance move involving one or both feet leaving the ground}} {{l|en|air step}}, {{l|en|acrobatic}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|aerial cableway|aerial camera|aerial ladder|aerial photograph|aerial photography|aerial ping pong|aerial railway|aerial ropeway|aerial runway|aerial survey|aerial surveying}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|device for receiving or transmitting}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|antenne}}, {{t|af|opvangdraad}}, {{t|af|lugdraad}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|antenë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|هَوَائِيّ|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ալեհավաք}}, {{t+|hy|անտենա}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|antena}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|antena}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|антэ́на|f}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|আকাশ-তার}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|анте́на|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ကောင်းကင်ကြိုး}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|antena|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|天線|tr=tiānxiàn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|anténa|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|antenne|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|antenne|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|anteno}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|antenn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|antenni}}
* French: {{t+|fr|antenne|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ანტენა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Antenne|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κεραία|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אַנְטֶנָּה|f|tr=anténa}}, {{t+|he|מְשׁוֹשָׁה|n|tr=meshoshá}} {{qualifier|rare}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|एन्टेना|m}}, {{t|hi|ऐंटिना|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|antenna}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|loftnet|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|antena}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|aeróg|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|antenna|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|アンテナ|tr=antena}}, {{t|ja|空中線|tr=くうちゅうせん, kūchūsen}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|антенна}}, {{t|kk|толқынтор}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|អង់តែន|tr=ʔɑŋtaen}}, {{t|km|អង្តែន|tr=ʔɑŋtaen}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|안테나}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|антенна}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ສາຍອາກາດ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|antena|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|antena|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|антена|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|antena}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|antenna}}, {{t|mt|erjal|m|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hihi irirangi}}, {{t|mi|pou irirangi}}, {{t|mi|pūhihi}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|संवेदानाग्र}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|антен}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|antenne|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|antenne|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|آنتن|tr=ânten}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|antena|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|antena|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|antenă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|анте́нна|f|tr=antɛ́nna}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|антена|f|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|antena|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|anténa|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|antena|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|antena|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|antenn|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|antena}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|антенна}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|வானலை வாங்கி|sc=Taml}}
* Thai: {{t|th|เสาอากาศ}}, {{t+|th|สายอากาศ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|anten}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|antenna}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|анте́на|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|اینٹینا|m|tr=enṭenā}}, {{t|ur|محاس}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|antenna}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|ăng-ten}}, {{t|vi|ăngten}}, {{t|vi|ăng ten}}, {{t|vi|dây trời}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|erial|m|f}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אַנטענע}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Turkish: {{t+check|tr|anten|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aaeilr|realia}}

{{cln|en|relational adjectives}}

Latest revision as of 03:46, 28 September 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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An aerial shot of the Croatian town Motovun

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin āerius +‎ -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aerial (comparative more aerial, superlative most aerial)

  1. Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]
    The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.
  2. (now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. [from 16th c.]
    • 1782, Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit, section I:
      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 [...].
  3. Positioned high up; elevated. [from 16th c.]
    The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.
  4. Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. [from 16th c.]
    • 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:
      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.
  5. Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric. [from 17th c.]
  6. (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft. [from 17th c.]
    • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
      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.
  7. (botany) Above the ground

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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aerial (plural aerials)

  1. (chiefly UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
  2. A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
    • 2002, Joseph A. Kotarba, John M. Johnson, Postmodern Existential Sociology, page 78:
      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.
  3. (photography) An aerial photograph.
    • 2010, Jean Hartley, Africa's Big Five and Other Wildlife Filmmakers:
      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.

Usage notes

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Some make a distinction between an antenna and an aerial, with the former used to indicate a rigid structure, and the latter consisting of a wire strung in the air. For those who do not make a distinction, antenna is more commonly used in the United States and Australia, while aerial is more commonly used in the United Kingdom.

Synonyms

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  • (device for receiving or transmitting): antenna
  • (dance move involving one or both feet leaving the ground): air step, acrobatic

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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