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spectral

[spek-truhl]

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adjective

of or pertaining to a specter; ghostly; phantom.

resembling or suggesting a specter.

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

resembling or suggesting a spectrum or spectra.

Origin:
1710–20; < Latin spectr(um) (see specter) + -al¹

Related forms

spec·tral·i·ty, spec·tral·ness, noun

spec·tral·ly, adverb

non·spec·tral, adjective

non·spec·tral·ly, adverb

non·spec·tral·i·ty, noun

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Populated by spectral wraiths and malevolent creatures, they might make some parents think twice before showing them to children.

The technique can distinguish living from dead coral by detecting spectral differences in the light that the reefs reflect.

The galaxy orientation might help, depending on where your new friends came from and perhaps their visual spectral range.

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Populated by spectral wraiths and malevolent creatures, they might make some parents think twice before showing them to children.

The technique can distinguish living from dead coral by detecting spectral differences in the light that the reefs reflect.

The galaxy orientation might help, depending on where your new friends came from and perhaps their visual spectral range.

Two models of future global ice cover, with thickness denoted by spectral reddening/Nature.

He uses auto body paint to makes his figures all white, black or terra cotta red, which gives them a spectral appearance.

The infrared spectral region is ideal for observing cool sources and objects enshrouded in dust.

Dali used the spectral elephant as a reoccurring symbol.

He favors custom formulas that have been softened with pure spectral colors rather than blacks and browns.

Taking advantage of spectral constancy allows the user to hear speech despite changes to pitch.

The camera surveys the ice surface, searching for any clumps of matter and reading their spectral signatures.

If a spectral line spans several pixels, you can ask where's the actual center of that line.

Unearthly moans and spectral visions charge the air once the sun sets.

Yet spectral imaging has shown only small amounts of carbonates scattered across the planet's dusty surface.

The detection was in part tricky because astronomers didn't really know what the spectral signature would be for this molecule.

Also water vapor has different spectral blocking than other green house gases.

His appearance at a window and up from behind a convenient couch is telegraphed by spectral music and the dimming of the lights.

They have got the spectral look of the grand-stands and the infield when the horses are exercised at dawn.

Slightly eerie though it may be, this is not where you will find spectral images of those who once roamed these lonely woods.

The men wear partly translucent spectral gray pajamas, the women partly translucent spectral gray nighties.

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World English Dictionary

spectral (ˈspɛktrəl)

—*adj*
1.	of or like a spectre
2.	of or relating to a spectrum: spectral colours
3.	physics (of a physical quantity) relating to a single wavelength of radiation: spectral luminous efficiency

spectrality

—n

'spectralness

—n

'spectrally

—*adv*

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spectral spec·tral (spěk'trəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or produced by a spectrum.

spec·tral'i·ty (-trāl'ĭ-tē) or spec'tral·ness (-trəl-nĭs) n.

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