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aerial
English
Alternative forms
- aërial (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin ?erius, from Ancient Greek ?????? (aérios), from ??? (a?r, “air”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???.i.?l/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???.??.?l/, /???.?i.?l/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /e????.??.?l/, /e???.??.?l/
- Homophones: areal, Ariel
- Rhymes: -??ri?l
Adjective
aerial (comparative more aerial, superlative most aerial)
- Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]
- (now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. [from 16th c.]
- 1782, Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit, 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 [...].
- 1782, Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit, I:
- Positioned high up; elevated. [from 16th c.]
- Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. [from 16th c.]
- Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric. [from 17th c.]
- (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft. [from 17th c.]
- (botany) Above the ground
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
aerial (plural aerials)
- (chiefly Britain, Australia) 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.
- 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.
- 2002, Joseph A. Kotarba, John M. Johnson, Postmodern Existential Sociology (page 78)
- (photography) An aerial photograph.
Usage notes
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 aerial is more commonly used in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Synonyms
- (device for receiving or transmitting): antenna
- (dance move involving one or both feet leaving the ground): air step, acrobatic
Translations
Derived terms
Anagrams
- realia
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elusive
English
Etymology
From Latin elusus past participle of eludo (“to parry a blow, to deceive”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lu?s?v/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /i?lu?s?v/
- Homophone: illusive
Adjective
elusive (comparative more elusive, superlative most elusive)
- Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
- The elusive criminal was arrested
- Difficult to make precise.
- A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)
- Rarely seen.
Related terms
- elude
Derived terms
- elusively
- elusiveness
Translations
Italian
Adjective
elusive
- feminine plural of elusivo
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