SPECTRAL

apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual

(adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom; “a ghostly face at the window”; “a phantasmal presence in the room”; “spectral emanations”; “spiritual tappings at a seance”

spectral

(adjective) of or relating to a spectrum; “spectral colors”; “spectral analysis”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)

Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.

Synonym: ghostly

Antonym: nonspectral

Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)

Anagrams

• cepstral, craplets, sceptral

Source: Wiktionary


Spec"tral, a.

1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty. He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man to spread light. F. W. Robertson.

2. (Opt.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. (Zoöl.) See Tarsius.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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