aerial

About 4.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Living or taking place in the air. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.

2. adjective Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
3. adjective Positioned high up; elevated.

   The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.

4. adjective Ethereal, insubstantial.
5. adjective Imaginary.
6. adjective Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
7. adjective Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.

   aerial photography

8. adjective Above the ground.

Similar words

airy aeriform overhead ethereal air aery forward pass unsubstantial insubstantial unreal

Often followed by

photographs photography view photograph and bombardment reconnaissance navigation perspective survey

Word family

aerially aerials