Aerial vs. Antenna
Aerialadjective
Living or taking place in the air.
Aerialadjective
Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
Aerialadjective
Positioned high up; elevated.
Aerialadjective
Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
Aerialadjective
Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
Aerialadjective
(aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
Aerialadjective
(botany) Above the ground
Aerialnoun
A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
Aerialnoun
A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
Aerialnoun
(photography) Aerial photography.
Aerialadjective
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; the aërial maneuvers of a fighter plane.
Aerialadjective
Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
Aerialadjective
Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires.
Aerialadjective
Growing, forming, living, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants; the aerial roots of a philodendron.
Aerialadjective
Light as air; ethereal.
Aerialadjective
operating or operated overhead especially on elevated cables.
Aerialadjective
operating or moving in the air.
Aerialnoun
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.
Aerialnoun
a metallic wire, rod, or combination of rods connected to an electronic device, designed to send or receive radio or television signals.
Aerialnoun
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
Aerialnoun
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Aerialadjective
in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air;
Aerialadjective
growing in air;
Aerialadjective
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air;
Aerialadjective
existing, happening, or operating in the air
Aerialadjective
coming or carried out from the air, especially using aircraft
Aerialadjective
(of a part of a plant) growing above ground
Aerialadjective
(of a bird) spending much of its time in flight
Aerialadjective
of or in the atmosphere; atmospheric.
Aerialnoun
a rod, wire, or other structure by which signals are transmitted or received as part of a radio or television transmission or receiving system.
Aerialnoun
a type of freestyle skiing in which the skier jumps from a ramp and carries out manoeuvres in the air.
Antennanoun
A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. 17
Antennanoun
An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
Antennanoun
(figurative) The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
Antennanoun
(biochemistry) A fragment of an oligosaccharide
Antennanoun
(nautical) The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
Antennanoun
A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.
Antennanoun
A metallic device, variously shaped, designed for the purpose of either transmitting or receiving radio waves, as for radio or television broadcasting, or for transmitting communication signals. Some types are: whip antenna, antenna tower, horn antenna, dish antenna, directional antenna and rabbit ears. See transmitter, receiver.
Antennanoun
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Antennanoun
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ;
Antennanoun
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
