Aerial
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Devices

  • Antenna (radio)
    Antenna (radio)
    An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...

     (also known as an aerial), a transducer that transmits or receives electromagnetic waves
  • Television antenna
    Television antenna
    A television antenna, or TV aerial, is an antenna specifically designed for the reception of over the air broadcast television signals, which are transmitted at frequencies from about 41 to 250 MHz in the VHF band, and 470 to 960 MHz in the UHF band in different countries...

     or TV aerial, an antenna specifically designed for over-the-air television reception
  • Aerial apparatus, device used for firefighting and rescue
  • Aerial telescope
    Aerial telescope
    An aerial telescope is a type of very-long-focal-length refracting telescope built in the second half of the 17th century that did not use a tube. Instead, the objective was mounted on a pole, tree, tower, building or other structure on a swivel ball-joint. The observer stood on the ground and held...

    , late 17th century tubeless telescope
  • Aerial work platform
    Aerial work platform
    An aerial work platform, also known as an aerial device or elevating work platform, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height...

    , device for positioning workers

Movement

  • Aerial (dance move)
    Aerial (dance move)
    An aerial is a dance move in Lindy Hop where one's feet leave the floor. The term has come to mean a wide range of special and unusual dance moves, including dips, slides, and tricks....

    , dance move found in Lindy Hop
  • Aerials (skateboarding)
    Aerials (skateboarding)
    Aerials are a type of skateboarding trick usually performed on half-pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall with a transition available. Aerials usually combine rotation with different grabs...

    , type of skateboarding trick
  • Aerial cartwheel
    Aerial cartwheel
    An aerial cartwheel is an acrobatic move in which a cartwheel is executed without touching hands to the floor. During execution of a standard cartwheel, the performer's body is supported by the hands while transitioning through the inverted orientation, whereas an aerial cartwheel performer is...

     (or side aerial), gymnastics move performed in acro dance and various martial arts
  • Aerial silk, apparatus used in aerial acrobatics
  • Aerialist
    Aerialist
    An aerialist is an acrobat who performs in the air, on a suspended apparatus such as a trapeze, rope, cloud swing, aerial cradle, aerial silk or aerial hoop....

    , an acrobat who performs in the air
  • Front aerial
    Front aerial
    A front aerial is an acrobatic move in which a person executes a complete forward revolution of the body without touching the floor. Front aerials are performed in various physical activities, including acro dance and gymnastics...

    , gymnastics move performed in acro dance

Music

  • Aerial (album)
    Aerial (album)
    Aerial is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush.-Overview:Aerial is Bush's first double album, and was released after a twelve year absence from the music industry during which Bush devoted her time to family and the rearing of her son, Bertie...

    , album by Kate Bush
  • Aerial (Canadian band)
    Aerial (Canadian band)
    Aerial was a Canadian pop and rock band from Toronto, Ontario during the 1970s.- History :Begun in the early 1970s as The Beatles tribute act Liverpool, with Brian Miessner on lead vocal and bass, Malcolm Buchanan on keyboards, Laurie Currie on vocals and drums, and Gary O'Conner on guitar and...

    , 1970s band from Toronto
  • Aerial (Swedish band)
    Aerial (Swedish band)
    Aerial is a post/indie-rock band from Sandviken, Sweden. They’ve released four full length albums so far: “Black Rain From The Bombing” in 2006, “The Sentinel” in 2007, “The Legion of Dynamic Dischord” in 2008 and "Put it this way in headlines" in 2009. They have toured in Europe on several times,...

    , indie/art-rock band from Sandviken, Sweden
  • "Aerials" (song)
    Aerials (song)
    "Aerials" is a single by the Alternative band System of a Down. It was released in 2002 from the album Toxicity, which earned the band its second Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2003...

    , song from the album Toxicity by System of a Down

Other

  • Aerial was an TV ident for BBC Two
    BBC Two
    BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...

     which first aired in October 1997 (see BBC Two '1991-2001' idents)

See also

  • Aerial photography
    Aerial photography
    Aerial photography is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position. The term usually refers to images in which the camera is not supported by a ground-based structure. Cameras may be hand held or mounted, and photographs may be taken by a photographer, triggered remotely or...

  • Aerial bombing
    Aerial bombing of cities
    A species of strategic bombing, the aerial bombing of cities began in 1915 during World War I, grew to a vast scale in World War II, and continues to the present day. The development of aerial bombardment marked an increased capacity of armed forces to deliver explosive weapons in populated areas...

  • Antenna (disambiguation)

Ariel, Gymnastics trick
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