phantom
or fan·tom
an apparition or specter.
an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion.
a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.: the phantom of fear.
an illustration, part of which is given a transparent effect so as to permit representation of details otherwise hidden from view, as the inner workings of a mechanical device.
of, relating to, or of the nature of a phantom; illusory: a phantom sea serpent.
Electricity. noting or pertaining to a phantom circuit.
named, included, or recorded but nonexistent; fictitious: Payroll checks were made out and cashed for phantom employees.
Origin of phantom
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Other words from phantom
- phan·tom·like, adjective
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How to use phantom in a sentence
On the other hand, they can be delicate, don’t do a very good job with loud noises, and also require power from either an internal battery or through a USB connection or a source that can deliver 48v phantom power.
I didn’t want to think that this would happen to us when I got on the plane that rainy afternoon in September, but somewhere in my mind lived the phantom of the definitive separation.
He’s the phantom of a new opera, only he’s here in flesh and blood, to tell us a new story from sounds we’ve heard before.
The Reopening of Springsteen on Broadway Brought Broadway Out of Hibernation—and One Packed Theater Into a Brighter Future | Stephanie Zacharek | June 28, 2021 | TimeSo scientists have been curious how much climate-warming gas these phantom ecosystems spew.
‘Tree farts’ make up about a fifth of greenhouse gases from ghost forests | Maria Temming | June 17, 2021 | Science News For StudentsThe phantom rivers experiment suggests we shouldn’t, she says.
As ‘phantom rivers’ roar, birds and bats change their hunting habits | Nikk Ogasa | June 15, 2021 | Science News
During the 1970s, the then brand new F-15A Eagle carried the same antiquated armament as the Vietnam-era F-4 phantom II.
Pentagon Worries That Russia Can Now Outshoot U.S. Stealth Jets | Dave Majumdar | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sanctuary the phantom callers promise comes with a price.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs this begins to set in, the phantom caller morphs into Lori, who whispers to her husband, “What happened, Rick?”
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe receives phantom phone calls from people who promise him a safe haven.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDoctors, patients, a phantom lawyer (“I spoke with the patient at length, but he is still refusing…”)?
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead | Sandeep Jauhar | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA tall phantom in livery appeared, as if by magic, and signed to me to ascend the grand staircase.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayMankind, mad with the energy of activity, would be seen to pursue the fleeing phantom of insatiable desire.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockOur middy53 has gone up to San Francisco in pursuit of the phantom Education.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonJivros, or insect-priests, moved phantom-like before my sleepless eyes, watching from the dark and waiting.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellYou know the sort of vague light there is in dreams, the colourless empty atmosphere where everything has the look of a phantom.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for phantom
/ (ˈfæntəm) /
an apparition or spectre
(as modifier): a phantom army marching through the sky
the visible representation of something abstract, esp as appearing in a dream or hallucination: phantoms of evil haunted his sleep
something apparently unpleasant or horrific that has no material form
med another name for manikin (def. 2b)
Origin of phantom
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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