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spectral

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spec·tral  (spktrl)
adj.
1. Of or resembling a specter; ghostly.
2. Of, relating to, or produced by a spectrum.

spec·trali·ty (-trl-t), spectral·ness (-trl-ns) n.
spectral·ly adv.

spectral [ˈspɛktrəl]
adj
1. of or like a spectre
2. (Physics / General Physics) of or relating to a spectrum spectral colours
3. (Physics / General Physics) Physics (of a physical quantity) relating to a single wavelength of radiation spectral luminous efficiency
spectrality  [spɛkˈtrælɪtɪ], spectralness n
spectrally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.spectral - of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors"; "spectral analysis"
2.spectral - 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"
supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"

spectral
adjective ghostly, unearthly, eerie, supernatural, weird, phantom, shadowy, uncanny, spooky (informal), insubstantial, incorporeal, wraithlike the spectral quality of the light
Translations
spectral [ˈspektrəl] ADJespectral
spectral
adj
(of ghosts)geisterhaft, gespenstisch
(of the spectrum)spektral, Spektral-; spectral colourSpektralfarbe f
spectral [ˈspɛktrəl] adj (liter) (ghostly) → spettrale
spectral [ˈspɛktrəl] adj (liter) (ghostly) → spettrale


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All down her sides, this spectral appearance was traced with long channels of reddened rust, while all her spars and her rigging were like the thick branches of trees furred over with hoar-frost.
An ice-field on the far horizon is moving slowly southward in the spectral light.
But to the imaginative man, John Barleycorn sends the pitiless, spectral syllogisms of the white logic.
 
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