aerials
Signals from above
Aerials are antennas—devices for transmitting or receiving radio or television signals.
British English favors aerial where American English uses antenna: The aerial on the roof needs adjusting.
In gymnastics and freestyle skiing, aerials are acrobatic maneuvers performed in the air.
Aerial as an adjective means relating to the air or atmosphere: aerial photography, aerial warfare.
Lustrous woven garments
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
- hoopRigid circular frame
- lyraGreek stringed instrument
- strapsNarrow securing bands
rope · rigging · acrobat · performer · apparatus · suspension · drop · wrap
Full-body forward rotation
- backflipRearward aerial tumble
- frontflipAcrobatic forward rotation
- twistingRotating with distortion
- flippingTurning over rapidly
layout · piked · tuck · pirouette · dismount · handstand · cartwheel · tumbling
Unmanned flying machine
- birdseyeView from high overhead
- overheadLocated directly above
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
imagery · surveying · oblique · mapping · reconnaissance · LIDAR · infrared · multispectral
silks
Lustrous woven garments
straps · rope · rigging · acrobat · performer · apparatus · suspension · drop · wrap · climb
somersault
Full-body forward rotation
flipping · layout · piked · tuck · pirouette · dismount · handstand · cartwheel · tumbling · trampoline
drone
Unmanned flying machine
satellite · imagery · surveying · oblique · mapping · reconnaissance · LIDAR · infrared · multispectral · high-resolution
transmission
Sending of information
dish · wireless · radar · transponder · dipole · feedline · tuner · amplifier · VHF · UHF
freestyle
Without prescribed technique
- mogulsBumps or bigwigs
- half-pipeU-shaped ramp for tricks
- slopestyleJudged trick course competition
hucking · grab · rotation · kicker · jump · landing · amplitude · inverted · cork · switch
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- skiingskiing, ski, ski resort, ski slope, ski slopes
- Winter Olympicsalpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, ski jumping, cross-country skiing
- winter sportsskiing, skating, snowboarding, hockey, sledding
- jumping activitiesleapfrog, jump rope, pole vault, double dutch, high jump
- mountain sportsalpine skiing, downhill skiing, skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing
aerialscables
Heavy ropes or wires
wires · landlines · fiber optics · coaxial cables · wired
aerialsterrestrial
Relating to land
ground-level · subterranean · underground · underwater · grounded
- aerial viewScene from altitude
- aerial sprayingAirborne pest
- aerial shotPhoto taken from altitude
- aerial combatWarfare between aircraft
- aerial bombardmentAttack by aircraft-dropped explosives
- aerial footageImages recorded from height