aerial

(noun) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer. Synonyms: forward pass.

(noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals. Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial.

(adj) existing or living or growing or operating in the air. Examples: "Aerial roots of a philodendron." "Aerial particles." "Small aerial creatures such as butterflies." "Aerial warfare." "Aerial photography." "Aerial cable cars."

(adj) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air. Synonyms: aeriform, airy, aery, ethereal. Examples: "Figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- thomas carlyle." "Aerial fancies." "An airy apparition." "Physical rather than ethereal forms."