Spectral
['spektr(ə)l] or ['spɛktrəl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to a spectrum; 'spectral colors'; 'spectral analysis' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Ghostly, phantom-like.
Typist: Stanley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ghostly, ghastly, cadaverous, shadowy, visionary, illusionary
ANT:Bodily, substantial, corporal, fleshly, palpable
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Examples
- What seems even more wonderful is that these spectral colors can be recombined so as to make white light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I think it a case of spectral illusion: I fear, following on and resulting from long-continued mental conflict. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Snagsby, in a spectral bass voice and without removing her eyes from Chadband, says with dreadful distinctness, Go away! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It has plenty of spectral company in ghosts of trees and hedges, slowly vanishing and giving place to the realities of day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Spectral or not, here truly was nothing frightful, and I advanced. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I looked spectral; my eyes larger and more hollow, my hair darker than was natural, by contrast with my thin and ashen face. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He found a charm in the spectral aspect of the doddered oak. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I declare, for one moment I thought of Graham and his spectral illusions. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Thrusting forward the spectral lump, Miss! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The spectral voice repeats more solemnly, Go away! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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