Chapter Advocateship to Aërostation of A by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. 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. "Aërial spirits." Milton. "Aërial voyages." Darwin.

2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires.

4. Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants. Gray.

5. Light as air; ethereal.

Aërial acid, carbonic acid. [Obs.] Ure. — Aërial perspective. See Perspective.

Aëriality
(A*ë`ri*al"i*ty) n. The state of being aërial; unsubstantiality. [R.] De Quincey.

Aërially
(A*ë"ri*al*ly) adv. Like, or from, the air; in an aërial manner. "A murmur heard aërially." Tennyson.

Aerie
(Ae"rie) n. [OE. aire, eire, air, nest, also origin, descent, OF. aire, LL. area, aera, nest of a bird of prey, perh. fr. L. area an open space (for birds of prey like to build their nests on flat and open spaces on the top of high rocks). Cf. Area.] The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

Aëriferous
(A`ër*if"er*ous) a. [L. aër air + -ferous: cf. F. aérifère.] Conveying or containing air; air- bearing; as, the windpipe is an aëriferous tube.

Aërification
(A`ër*i*fi*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. aérification. See Arify.]

1. The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

2. The act of becoming aërified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aëriform state; the state of being aëriform.

Aëriform
(A"ër*i*form) a. [L. aër air + -form: cf. F. aériforme.] Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.

Aërify
(A"ër*i*fy) v. t. [L. aër air + -fly.]

1. To infuse air into; to combine air with.

2. To change into an aëriform state.

Aëro-
(A"ër*o-). The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.

Aërobies
(A"ër*o*bies) n. pl. [Aëro- + Gr. life.] (Biol.) Microörganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

Aërobiotic
(A`ër*o*bi*ot"ic) a. (Biol.) Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies; as, aërobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.

Aërocyst
(A"ër*o*cyst) n. [Aëro- + cyst.] (Bot.) One of the air cells of algals.

Aërodynamic
(A"ër*o*dy*nam"ic) a. Pertaining to the force of air in motion.

Aërodynamics
(A`ër*o*dy*nam"ics) n. [Aëro- + dynamics: cf. F. aérodynamique.] The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.