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spectral
/ spɛkˈtrælɪtɪ; ˈspɛktrəl /
adjective
- of or like a spectre
- of or relating to a spectrum
spectral colours
- physics (of a physical quantity) relating to a single wavelength of radiation
spectral luminous efficiency
Derived Forms
- spectrality, noun
- ˈspectrally, adverb
Other Words From
- spec·trali·ty spectral·ness noun
- spectral·ly adverb
- non·spectral adjective
- non·spectral·ly adverb
- nonspec·trali·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
But Kasich and Walker face competitive re-elections; their national presence is spectral, their national potential speculative.
Where the Austin building is nuanced and almost spectral, Bakersfield is all verve and gesture.
What a spectral and exaggerated shape all things take in her scared and over-excited gaze!
Even as I looked I saw the features of a human countenance—and yet not human either, so spectral was it, so unreal and strange.
Our fellows were being hard beset to hold on to what they had won; there, where the horizon stood out with spectral luminosity.
Spectral shapes issue forth suddenly, and return as suddenly into the deep shade.
Mist floated upward from marsh and lake; and through it the spectral palms loomed, drooping fronds embroidered with dew.
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