aerial 94 aeroscepsy 
Aerial acid, an old name for carbonic-acid gas, from a be- upon air for life. An equivalent form is aero- aeromanCV (a'e-r6-man"si), n. [X ME. nero- 
lief that it entered into the composition of atmospheric / ... , ,,, ifernmnnnrr < fVF /T/*IV,, >,, 
air.- Aerial birds (Are, nrria-), birds whicb habitually ?.'"". . ... -,--,. r , TT - ., m "<!/ ( , airnmnunec, \ (J . aeromancie.atro- 
movechieny hy flight, pa uistinguishLMl from walking, wad- aerODlOSIS (a"e-ro-bi-o sis), n. [NL., < Gr. atjp mantle (Cotgrave), mod. F. aeromancie, < LL. 
ing, and swimming birds. Ae'rial car, a car used (or (aep-), air, + jiiaatf, way of life, < fiioeiv, live, aeromantia, < LGr. iiepouavreia (Harper's Lat. 
traveling in the air; specifically, the basket _c.f a balloon. < /3,' of life.] Life in and by means of an atmo- Diet.), < Gr. ai/p. air, + uavreia. divination, < 
*J' h ? r . e containing oxygen <> & pr phe ^' < /" 
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Hants of the air, as demons, genii, gnomes, etc. Aerial aerODlOtlC (a'e-ro-bi-pt ik), a. [< Gr. ar/p (aep-), Divination by means of the air and winds or 
gills, the wings of insects. 0*en. Aerial image, an im- air, + t iiaTiKo, pertaining to life, < jii6eiv, live: atmospheric phenomena : now sometimes used 
age caused by the convergence of rays of light reflected or see aerobiosis.} Of or pertaining to aerobiosis : to denote the practice of forecasting changes 
^.nlrtpS 1 stTendldt K ^ . OD a tmospheric P oxygenf as, aerobiotic in the weathr? 
the different kinds of mirage; also, an image perceived forms m fermentation. aeromantlC (a"e-r6-man tik), a. Pertaining to 
by looking into or toward a concave mirror. See mirage, agrobious (a-e-ro'bi-us), a. [< NL. aerobiug : or of the nature of aeromancy. 
M^^^a^J^^SSSS^ Se a ' ro6ia - ] " Same aS a * roUan - aerometer (a-e-rom'e-ter), n [< NL. aerome- 
perspective. Aerial poison. Same as mi'iwi-ra. Ae'rial The properties of an aerotimu ferment are not peculiar trum, <. (jr. a>jp (aep-), air, + ptrpov, measure. 
railway, (a) A proposed system of wires for guiding bal- to first growth, but are hereditary. Cf. Gr. aepofierpelv, measure the air.] An in- 
loons. (6) A name sometimes applied to systems of trans- Pasteur, Fermentation (trans.), p. 210. strument for weighing air, or for ascertaining 
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portation by cars suspended from a rail or rope above . , Honuit^r r,t ni^or ,1 ^tVnU <aooa T> 
them.-Aerial rocks. Same as Italian, rocks. See ^Eo- Aerobrancllia (a*e-ro-brang'ki-a), u. pi. [NL., les.-Barometrt- 
a ni,2.-Aerial telegraphy a n,,thod of telegraphing < Gr. af,p (ae,,-), air, + fipd Yxla , gills.j Aeubl &*%&& ^ndH "moun^ponTstand 
SoS^omof^Wbv^hthte^S^fa^S class or "ede of Arachnida, composed of ,ing ^^".a^^cir^TvituSrf'ffi miS 
,ns olcolor I y which the ex ression of distance 
..- - -.. class or "grade" of Arachnida, composed of measuring 
EuS^Httfi^^oSStf*****" Scorpionina, Pedipalpi, and Ara^ida, OT true j ater is pouredintoone branchof the tuteand oil into 
aeriality (a^ri-aT'i-ti), n. [<** + -%.] orplow, whip-scorpions, and spiders; one fr^M VlS^^ ?K SB 
Unsubstantially ; airiness. ? f thr , e . e S^W'. th , e oth , e . r tw be _ m S Hemato- gravities are as 10 to 9. 
brancMa and lAixihraiii'liia. ,. B. Laiikester, a.Brnmpt.rip CH'o-ro-mpr'rilj^ n Of nr nprrnin 
The very excess of the extravagance, in fact, by suggest- 1fiH1 . "- tiff, a. \ 
ing to the reader continually the mere aeriality of the JSt _.,._ ,_ _, v ,_, ^ _ ing to aerometry. 
entire speculation, furnishes the surest means of disen- 
chanting him from the horror which might else gather 
upon his feelings. De Quincey, Murder, Postscript. 
aerially (a-e'ri-al-i), adv. In an aerial manner ; a>ip (aep-), air" + KAiveiv, bend, incline, + aiumelv, or density of air and" other gases,"and of deTer- 
so as to resemble air or the atmosphere ; ethe- view, examine.] The name given to a kind of mining the doctrine of their pressure, elasticity, 
really. weather-signal, it consists of an elevated vertical rarefaction, and condensation. 
Your eyes axis with movable arms, either of which may be raised or apron ant fn'p rn naf> n f<V ntrrmntite < dr 
Touch'd with a somewhat darker hue, depressed according to the increase or decrease of the Ff ""*"< ^"i*V~j2 , L y .' , ; 
And less aerially blue. Tennyson, Margaret, barometrical pressure in the quarter to which it points, a 1P ( ae P-)j !*> * vavn/f (= Li. nauta), sailor, < 
. , ,__,.. . _, ... thus showing the direction of the wind and state of the vavf = L. navis, ship : see nautical.] One who 
aerialneSS (a-e ri-al-nes), n. 1 he quality of weather to be expected. It has been much used in Europe, sails or floats in the air ; an aerial navigator ; 
being aenal or airy. agrocyst (a'e-ro-sist), n. [< Gr. afip (aep-), air, a balloonist. 
aenan 1 (a-e n-an), a. [< L. aenus: seeamai.] + K i*mc., bladder: see cyst.} In bot., the air- agronautic agronautkal (a/e-ro-na'tik, -ti- 
Aenal; of or belonging to the air; produced or vessel or bladder by means of which many al- kal), a. Pertaining to aeronautics or aerial 
existing in the atmosphere. ga}) ag FUCUS vesiculosus, are supported in the sailing. 
In the flasks which are altered by these aenan spores, water, and oceanic species, as the gulfweed, aeronautics (a'e-ro-na'tiks), n. [PI. of aero- 
there rarely is perceived that nauseating cadaveric odor of float on tne sur f ace . See cut under air-cell. nautic : see -tcs.f The doctrine, science, or art 
intense nntrt'fiirtion. Science. III. 620. _. * -- -m- ,* * * t n , . . J . 
intense putrefaction. Science, III. 620. a g rodynamic ( a e-ro-di-nam'ik), a. [< Gr. ar,p of floating in the air, or of aerial navigation, as 
Aerian 2 (a-e'ri-an), n. [< LL. Aeriani, pi., < (aep-), air, + dynamic, q. v.] Relating or per- by means of a balloon. 
Aerius, a proper name.] A member of a re- taining to the force of air and gases in motion, aeronautism (a'e-ro-na*tizm), n. [< aeronaut 
forming sect of the fourth century, so called agrodynamics (a"e-ro-di-nam'iks), n. [PI. of + -ism.] The practice of ascending and float- 
from their leader Aerius, a presbyter of Sebas- aerodynamic : see" dynamics.'] The science ing in the atmosphere, as in balloons, 
tia in Pontus, who separated from the church which treats of the motion of the air and other aerophane (a'e-ro-fan), n. [< Gr. af/p (aep-), 
about A. D. 360. They maintained that a presbyter or gases, or of their properties and mechanical air, + -tttavi/f, appearing, < ipaiveiv, show.] A 
elder does not differ from a bishop in authority, repu- effects when in motion. light gauze or imitation of crape. E. H. Kniaht. 
n Ta re er'wIzf n* rNL < *L air air'' + agrognosy (a-e-rog'no-si), . [<Gr. af,p (aep-), agroplobia (a"e-ro-f6'bi-a), n [NL., < Gr. Zepo- 
A genus of epiphytal plants, natural a ' J/ 1 * 8 *' ^wledge.] am e as aerology. 66^, afraid of air, <af,p (aep-) air, + -^o/3of, 
I Kare.J fearing : see -vhobia.j A dread of air, that is, 
W^LS^S^^to!SS!^ta^ agrographer (a-e-rog'ra-fer), n. One who de- of a cuVrent of air : a symptom common in hy- 
natives of the warmer parts of Asia, and are extensively scribes the atmosphere. drophobia, and occasionally observed in hys- 
cultivated in hothouses. agrographic (a"e-ro-graf'ik), a. Pertaining to teria and other diseases. 
aerie H, a- See aer^i. aerography. agrophoby (a'c-ro-fo^bi), n. Same as aero- 
aerie 2 , H. and v. See aery%. aerograpMcal (a'e-ro-graf'i-kal), a. Same as phobia. 
aerifaction (a"e-ri-fak'shon), n. [< aerify: see aerographic. agrophone (a'e-ro-phon), n. [< Gr. df/p (aep-), 
-faction.] The action of aerifying; aerifica- agrography (a-e-rog'ra-fi), n. [< Gr. aj/p (aep-), air, -I- fanrii, voice, sound.] An apparatus 
tion. N. E. D. air, + -ypaipia, <f ypa<j>eiv, write, describe.] De- invented by Edison for increasing the inten- 
aeriferous (a-e-rif 'e-rus), a. [< L. aer, air, + scription of the air or atmosphere. sity (amplitude) of sound-waves, as those from 
ferre = E. 6earl.] Conveying air, as the tra- agronydrodynamic (a''e-r6-hi y dr6-di-nam'ik), spoken words. By means of a piston, which is attached 
cheee and bronchial tubes of air-breathing ver- a. [< Gr. a%p (aep-), air, + hudrodynamic.] to a transmitting vibrating diaphragm provided with a 
tebrates or the tracheae of insects. Acting by the power of air in water.-Aero- mouth P iete . a d which controls a current of compressed 
aerification (a"e-ri-fi-ka'shon), n. [< aerify: hydrodynamic wheel, an apparatus for transmitting S^JSSlj'SiS'r^ ^"whiS^tn^v^rpm 
see -Ration.] 1. The act of combining any- power to a distance proposed by M. Calles, a Belgian en- JSPSSdSSfleTOSrftatSSST 
thing with air ; the state of being filled with *,, th r ougn a f ubei an ,J ,i i3c harging it into g tne"cu?ved aSrOphore (a'e-ro-for), n. [< Gr. ayp (aep-), air, 
air. 2. The act of becoming air, or of chaug- bucket* of a cogged' wheel submerged in water in such a + -^pof, < tyi'peiv = E. Sear 1 .] A respirator in 
ing into an aeriform state, as substances which manner as to turn the wheel by its ascensional force. the form of a tank, into which the air exhaled 
are converted from a liquid or solid form into agrohydrous (a'e-ro-hi'drus), a. [< Gr. aj/p from the lungs passes, and which contains 
gas or an elastic vapor; the state of being aeri- (aep-), air, + iidup (idp-), water, + -ous.] Com- chemicals designed to revive it and fit it to be 
form. posed of or containing air and water: specifi- breathed again. It is carried on the back like a knap- 
aeriform (a'e-ri-fonn), a. [< L. aer, air, + cally applied to minerals which contain water sack, and was contrived for the use of firemen in entering 
-formis, < forma, form.] 1. Having the form in their cavities. Craig. burning buildings, etc. _ See respirator. 
or nature of air, or of an elastic in visible fluid; aSrolite (a'e-ro-lit), n. [The more common aeropnyte (a e-ro-fit), n. [< far. at/p (aep-) air, 
gaseous. The gases are aeriform fluids. 2. form of aeroliih : see -lite and -lith.] A body +?^<; a plant, < ^>i^ produce.] A plant 
Figuratively, unsubstantial; unreal. Carlyle. falling through the atmosphere to the earth which lives exclusivelv in air, absorbing all its 
aerify (a'e-n-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. aerified, from outer space; a meteorite; properly, a nourishment from it alone, as some orchids and 
ppr. aerifying. [< L. aer. air, + -ficare, <facere, meteoric stone. See meteorite. an y, Bromehacea;; an air-plant See epiphyte 
make: see -fy.] 1. To infuse air into; fill with agrolith (a'e-ro-lith), n. [< Gr. ar,p (aep-), air, aeroplane 1 (a e-ro-plan) n. [< Gr ar,p (aep-), 
air, or combine air with. 2. To change into + lidoc., stone.] Same a,s aerolite. aur ' + P'".' 1; V -J A P lane P lac <L d J? the alr 
an aeriform state. aerolitliology (a'e-ro-li-thol'6-ji), n. [< aero- for aerostatical experiments. N. E. D. 
a8ro-. [NL., etc., < Gr. aepo- (aep-), combining lith + Gr. -*Va,"< Uyeiv, speak: see -ology.'] aeroplane- (a e-r 9 -plan), n. [== t. aeroplane, 
form of ar/p, L. aer, air: see air 1 .] The first That department of science which treats of < Q*. pw*ai>r, wandering m air, < ayp (aep-), 
element in many compound words of Greek aerolites. alr > +. ^?, wandering : see : planet.] A flying- 
origin, meaning air, the air, atmosphere. aeroUtic (a'e-ro-lit'ik), a. Relatingto aerolites, machine invented by Victor Tatin and success- 
aerobate (a'e-ro-bat), v. i. [< Gr. aepofiarelv, < agrologic, aerblogical (a'e-ro-loj'ik, -i-kal), *X "d at the French experiment-station of 
af/p (aep-), air, + pareiv, tread.] To walk (as a. Pertaining to aerology. " Cnalais-M( m 18(9. It consists of a cylindrical 
if) on the air. [Rare.] N. E. D. agrologist (a-e-rol'o-jist), n. One who is versed [enTtwo la^erally'extended wings 'and'a^aiTfor'steering! 
aerobe (a'e-rob), TO. One of the aerobia. in aerology. " The' velocity obtained was 8 meters per second, 
aerobia (a-e-ro'bi-ii), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. of aerology (a-e-rol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. afip (aep-), air, aeroscepsy (a'e-ro-skep'si), n. [< Gr. ai/p (aep-), 
aerobius,( Gr. arip (aep-), air, + /)io$, life.] A + -/loym, < ^lyetv, speak: see -ology.] That air, + aKCTpif, a viewing, perception, <. aKen-ea6ai, 
name given by Pasteur (in the French form, branch of physics which treats of the air, its look at, watch : see sceptic, skeptic.] In zool., 
aerobics) to those bacteria which are able to live properties and phenomena. Also called aerog- ability to perceive the state of the atmosphere ; 
in contact with the air, and which absorb oxy- noay. such susceptibility to atmospheric conditions as 
gen from it: opposed to anaerobia. agromancer (a'e-ro-man'ser), n. [< ME. ayero- various animals (insects and snails, for exam- 
agrobian (a-e-ro'bi-an), a. Relating to or char- mauneer ; < aeromancy + -er*.] Onewhoprac- pie) are supposed to possess; the sense of aerps- 
acteristic of aerobia (which see) ; dependent tises aeromancy. copy ; the faculty of exercising aeroscopy in- 
