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English Dictionary: spectral by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spectral \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.) Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the
            spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.
  
      {Spectral lemur}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tarsius}.
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