subaerial

American  

[suhb-air-ee-uhl, -ey-eer-ee-uhl] / sʌbˈɛər i əl, -eɪˈɪər i əl /

adjective

1. located or occurring on the surface of the earth.

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Other Word Forms

• subaerially adverb

Etymology

Origin of subaerial

First recorded in 1825–35; sub- + aerial

Example Sentences

“This is another really great piece of evidence that we had some subaerial land on the early Earth.”

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

The two main types of textures created during effusive subaerial eruptions are pahoehoe and aa.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

It was under such conditions that the general processes of subaerial erosion operated in south central Wisconsin, after the uplift of the quartzite and before the deposition of the Potsdam sandstone.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.

It is fair, therefore, 416 to infer that the volcanic nucleus of the mountain, partly perhaps of submarine, and partly of subaerial origin, participated in this movement, and was carried up bodily.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Computation of the average annual Amount of subaerial Denudation.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir