spectral
[spek-truh l]
adjective
Origin of spectral
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Related Words for spectral
shadowy, eerie, haunted, illusory, phantom, scary, spiritual, spooky, supernatural, phantasmal, apparitionalExamples from the Web for spectral
Contemporary Examples of spectral
But Kasich and Walker face competitive re-elections; their national presence is spectral, their national potential speculative.
Historical Examples of spectral
A web of spectral blue light had enveloped the abandoned scout.
Raiders InvisibleDesmond Winter Hall
"The dark blur on the spectral lines," old Parrish muttered.
She was as pale as the spectral lilacs, whose perfume floated about them.
Glory of YouthTemple Bailey
Their spectral indices may however be determined, as will be seen later.
Lectures on Stellar StatisticsCarl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
We find that the number of stars increases with the spectral index.
Lectures on Stellar StatisticsCarl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
spectral
adjective
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spectral
[spĕk′trəl]
adj.
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