Aerialとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• aërial (dated)

語源

From Latin āeri(us) +‎ -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + -ιος (-ios). By surface analysis, aer- (“air”) +‎ -ial.

発音

• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈɛɹiəl/
• (Received Pronunciation, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈɛəɹɪəl/, /ˈɛəɹiəl/
• (obsolete) IPA: /eɪˈɪəɹɪəl/, /eɪˈɛəɹɪəl/
• 異形同音異義語: areal, Ariel
• 韻: -ɛəɹiəl

形容詞

aerial (comparative more aerial, superlative most aerial)

1. Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

   The seabirds put on an astonishing aerial display.

2. (literary or archaic) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. [from 16th c.]
   • 1782, Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit, section I:

     A soul [...] was first conceived to be an aerial, or an igneous substance, which animates the body during life, and makes its escape at death [...].

3. Positioned high up; elevated. [from 16th c.]

   The aerial photographs clearly showed the damage caused by the storm.

4. Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. [from 16th c.]
   • 1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees:

     the great Recompence in view, for which the most exalted Minds have with so much Alacrity, sacrifis'd their Quiet, Health, sensual Pleasures, and every inch of themselves, has never been any thing else but the Breath of Man, the Aerial Coyn of Praise.

5. Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric. [from 17th c.]
6. (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft. [from 17th c.]

   aerial photography;   an aerial view of the landscape

   • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:

     In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

7. (botany) Above the ground.

派生語

名詞

aerial (plural aerials)

1. (chiefly UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
2. A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
   • 2002, Joseph A. Kotarba, John M. Johnson, Postmodern Existential Sociology, page 78:

     In their dancing, clubbers were flamboyant. They experimented with new dance steps and improvisations, including risky maneuvers and aerials in which women were flipped into the air.

3. (gymnastics) A move that involves performing a full rotation while in the air, without touching any equipment such as a balance beam or panel mat with one's hands.
4. (photography) An aerial photograph.
   • 2010, Jean Hartley, Africa's Big Five and Other Wildlife Filmmakers:

     Hemment is on record as being the first person to film aerials of wildlife – he filmed a flock of wild ducks early in 1911, possibly on Rainey's Louisiana property.

5. (computer graphics) A highly-contrasting visual artifact in the form of a band or ring.
   • Lanczos3 for sharp results. May produce aerials. — Krita 5.2.2

使用する際の注意点

Some make a distinction between an antenna and an aerial, with the former used to indicate a rigid structure, and the latter consisting of a wire strung in the air. For those who do not make a distinction, antenna is more commonly used in the United States and Australia, while aerial is more commonly used in the United Kingdom.

同意語

• (device for receiving or transmitting): antenna
• (dance move involving one or both feet leaving the ground): air step, acrobatic

派生語

参照

• “Olympics Gymnastics terms: Glossary of all the terminology you need to know”, in NBC Olympics‎, 13 March 2024: “Aerial: A maneuver in which the gymnast completes a full rotation in the air without touching the apparatus with her hands.”

アナグラム

• realia