aerial

noun

• 1British a rod, wire, or other structure by which signals are transmitted or received as part of a radio or television transmission or receiving system.

• 2 (aerials) a type of freestyle skiing in which the skier jumps from a ramp and carries out manoeuvres in the air.

adjective

• existing, happening, or operating in the air:an aerial battle an intrepid aerial adventurer
• coming or carried out from the air, especially using aircraft:aerial bombardment of civilian targets aerial photography
• (of a part of a plant) growing above ground: a huge banyan tree whose aerial roots hung back down to the ground
• (of a bird) spending much of its time in flight: the more aerial and terrestrial birds are less dependent on a strictly aquatic habitat
• of or in the atmosphere; atmospheric.