aerial

Adjective

• characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
  • figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away- Thomas Carlyle
    
  • aerial fancies
    
  • an airy apparition
    
  • physical rather than ethereal forms
    

• existing or living or growing or operating in the air
  • aerial roots of a philodendron
    
  • aerial particles
    
  • small aerial creatures such as butterflies
    
  • aerial warfare
    
  • aerial photography
    
  • aerial cable cars
    

Noun

• an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

• a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  aeriform , airy , aery , ethereal , antenna , transmitting aerial , forward pass