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spectral

/ˈspɛktɹəɫ/adjective2 syllables

Spectral means: resembling or characteristic of a phantom.

Synonyms for spectral6

adjective, as in resembling or characteristic of a phantom

apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spiritual, supernatural

What does spectral mean?2

adjective

1

resembling or characteristic of a phantom“a ghostly face at the window”

2

of or relating to a spectrum“spectral colors”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Spectral in a sentence

  • They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral.Hybrid
  • Alpha Centauri A is the same spectral type as, and similar in size to the Sun.sundown

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