spectral

Speech parts

1. spectral - Adjective

2. spectral - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.

Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ghostly ghostlike apparitional phantom unreal unearthly spiritual supernatural shadowy ethereal eerie illusory insubstantial phantasmal otherworldly
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Antonyms

human natural material physical real heavy
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Phrases with the word

spectral modulation multi spectral spectral absorbance spectral absorptance spectral absorption coefficient spectral absorptive capacity

Anagrams

sceptral cepstral scarplet scraplet

Examples

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis. Karl Kraus

Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris. Isaac Asimov

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? Joseph Conrad

The magnetic cleavage of the spectral lines is dependent on the size of the charge of the electron, or, more accurately, on the ratio between the mass and the charge of the electron. Pieter Zeeman

How many spectral warriors does it take to change a light-bulb? One, and a stepladder. At a pinch, of course, he could stand on a chair. Tom Holt

For large minds, the Earth is a small place. Not small enough to exhaust in one lifetime, but a compact home, cozy, buoyant, a place to cherish, the spectral center of our life. But how could we stay at home forever? Diane Ackerman

Close letter words and terms

spectra spectrahedral spectrahedron spectral absorbance spectral absorptance spectral absorption coefficient