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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to a spectrum;
- Example: "spectral colors"
- Example: "spectral analysis"

2. resembling or characteristic of a phantom;
- Example: "a ghostly face at the window"
- Example: "a phantasmal presence in the room"
- Example: "spectral emanations"
- Example: "spiritual tappings at a seance"
[syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spectral \Spec"tral\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.
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            He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is
            not the man to spread light.          --F. W.
                                                  Robertson.
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   2. (Opt.) Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the
      spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.
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   Spectral lemur. (Zool.) See Tarsius.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spectral
    adj 1: of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors";
           "spectral analysis"
    2: 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" [syn:
       apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal,
       spectral, spiritual]