AERIAL

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5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


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Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents. "Aërial spirits." Milton. "Aërial voyages." Darwin.

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Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

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Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires.

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Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants. Gray.

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Light as air; ethereal. Aërial acid, carbonic acid. [Obs.] Ure. -- Aërial perspective. See Perspective.