Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spectral"
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["o]l.) See {Tarsius}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spectral
adj 1: of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors"; "spectral
analysis"
2: like or being 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}, {spiritual}]
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