aerial
adjective/ˈeəriəl/
/ˈeriəl/
- from a plane, drone, etc.
- aerial attacks/bombardment/photography
- an aerial view of Palm Island
- Not all patterns and marks seen on aerial photographs represent archaeological sites.
- in the air; existing above the ground
- The banyan tree has aerial roots.
- Bees have half a dozen aerial dances to indicate where to find nectar.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘thin as air, imaginary’): via Latin aerius from Greek aerios (from aēr ‘air’) + -al.
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