Meaning & Definition of Aerial in English

1. A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer

2. An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

1. Existing or living or growing or operating in the air

• "Aerial roots of a philodendron"

• "Aerial particles"

• "Small aerial creatures such as butterflies"

• "Aerial warfare"

• "Aerial photography"

• "Aerial cable cars"

2. 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"