aerogram

American  

[air-uh-gram] / ˈɛər əˌgræm /

noun

1. a radiogram.

2. Older Use. a message carried by aircraft; an airmail letter.

3. Meteorology.

   1. a diagram for analyzing thermodynamic processes in the atmosphere.

   2. the record of an aerograph.

4. aérogramme.

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aerogram British  

/ ˈɛərəˌɡræm /

noun

1. Also called: air letter.  an airmail letter written on a single sheet of lightweight paper that folds and is sealed to form an envelope

2. another name for radiotelegram

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Etymology

Origin of aerogram

First recorded in 1895–1900; aero- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

Many wrote to their family on blue aerogram letters.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2022

Our observation of rising rates of HIV-related TB in 1991 required a letter written on an ancient typewriter, posted by aerogram and eventually published months later as a letter in the British Medical Journal.

From BBC • May 5, 2021

Paragraphs in Bengali, dark-blue ink against the lighter blue of the aerogram.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2013

Mrs. Sen took the aerogram from India out of her purse and studied the front and back.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Weeks passed at Mrs. Sen’s before he found a blue aerogram, grainy to the touch, crammed with stamps showing a bald man at a spinning wheel, and blackened by postmarks.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri