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 Definitions of spectral  [ˈspɛk trəl]  

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Definition of 'spectral' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) spectral
of or pertaining to a specter; ghostly.

2.  spectral
resembling a specter.

3.  spectral
of, pertaining to, or produced by a spectrum or spectra.

4.  spectral
resembling or suggesting a spectrum or spectra.

Etymology:  (1710–20; < L spectr(um) (see specter ) + -al1)

Definition of 'spectral' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) spectral
of or relating to a spectrum
"spectral colors"; "spectral analysis"

2. (adj) apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
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"


Definition of 'spectral' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) spectral
of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty

2. (adj) spectral
of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis



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