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Definition of Spectral

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a spectrum. "Spectral analysis"

2. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a phantom. "Spiritual tappings at a seance"

Definition of Spectral

1. a. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.

Definition of Spectral

1. Adjective. Having the appearance of a spectre; ghostly. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, spectres. ¹

3. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, spectra. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spectral

1. resembling a specter [adj] - See also: specter

Medical Definition of Spectral

1. 1. Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty. "He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man to spread light." (F. W. Robertson) 2. Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colours; spectral analysis. Spectral lemur. See Tarsius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spectral

spectatour spectatrix specter specter at the feast specteral specters spectinomycin spectinomycin hydrochloride spectinomycin phosphotransferase spectinomycins

spectioneer spectioneers spectra spectrahedra spectrahedron spectral (current term) spectral color spectral colour spectral line spectral lines

spectral sensitivity spectral type spectralism spectralist spectralists spectrally spectre spectre at the feast spectred

Literary usage of Spectral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"A tint is a departure from a normal or dominant spectral hue in regard to purity, ie, tints are whiter than the arbitrarily selected normal. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"This way of proceeding constitutes w'iat is called spectral analysis, to which we owe, ... In order to give to spectral analysis a true and certain basis, ..."

3. Color and Its Applications by Matthew Luckiesh (1921)
"Showing the effect of the spectral character of the illuminant upon the ... spectral analyses of pigments 298 123. spectral analyses of pigments 298 124. ..."

4. Color and Its Applications by Matthew Luckiesh (1921)
"Showing the effect of the spectral character of the illuminant upon the ... spectral analyses of pigments 298 123. spectral analyses of pigments 298 124. ..."

5. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1911)
"Resolving Power and spectral Range. — The spectral range of an interference spectroscope ... If we call the spectral range AA , we have in which q is the ..."

6. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1914)
"Resolving Power and spectral Range. — The spectral range of an interference spectroscope is ... If we call the spectral range AA , we have in which q is the ..."

7. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1908)
"Tlie influence of spectral colours on the spoliation of Saccharomyces. By JE PURVIS, MA, St John's College, and GR WARWICK, BA, Pembroke College, Cambridge. ..."

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