(in Shakespeare'sTempest ) a spirit of the air who is required to use his magic to help Prospero.
Astronomy. one of the moons of the planet Uranus.
Aerospace. one of a series of British satellites that studied the ionosphere, cosmic rays, and x-rays.
Also Arielle a first name.
First recorded in 1825–35, ariel is from the dialectal Arabic word aryal
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An overhead ariel view of the scene from social media pictures showed a completely collapsed roof with rescue workers in the gym next to large boulders of concrete.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2023
He went on to note that the movie’s star, Cruise, went above and beyond in terms of training for the role and having input on how some of the impressive ariel shots were filmed.
From Fox News ● May 14, 2020
"Zendaya looks like princess ariel #Emmys," one Twitter user wrote.
From Fox News ● Sep. 22, 2019
It is about half the size of a full-grown rat, and designated as Belideus ariel.
The position of the Cassala mountain agreed with this course; therefore, remounting my dromedary, with the ariel slung behind the saddle, I hastened to rejoin our caravan.
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
The AI system appeared to have decided to hack Hugging Face as the quickest route to answer a benchmarking question, said Ariel Herbert-Voss, chief executive of the cybersecurity firm RunSybil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The study was led by PhD student Idan Sheizaf under the supervision of Prof. Ariel Chipman at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
By rapidly distributing footage of troops entering the fortress, the military echoed a famous 1982 image showing then-defence minister Ariel Sharon and prime minister Menahem Begin at the same spot.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
The other winners included Niels, a football fan from the Netherlands, Alix Heugas from France, Jamie from Stroud and two-time champion Ariel Dempsey from Michigan in the United States.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Dad buries the soup in the back yard next to our dead beagle, Ariel.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Ofcom also asked for urgent clarity on whether digital terrestrial TV - which is transmitted using masts and ariels, and which currently supports Freeview - will be phased out after 2034.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
When, however, in the morning or during the afternoon hours, from above he espied, through the field-glass, herds of zebras, hartbeests, ariels, or springboks grazing in the jungle, he took Kali with him.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The animals sometimes grazed alone and at times mingled together; gnus, cobs, ariels, antelope-cows, hartbeests, springboks, and great kudus.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Where, Lord God, are they now, Thy glorious bison herds, Thy ariels white as snow, Thy antelopes in troops, the zebras of Thy plain?
From Satan Absolved by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen
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