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aerial




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aerial
     1. adj. Living or taking place in the air.
           The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.
     2. adj. (now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous.
     3. adj. Positioned high up; elevated.
           The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.
     4. adj. Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
     5. adj. Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
     6. adj. (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
     7. adj. (botany) Above the ground
     8. n. (chiefly UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
     9. n. A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
     10. n. (photography) Aerial photography.

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In this next slide we see an aerial shot of the company headquarters. 



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