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Definition of Ghosting
1. Noun. The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors. ¹
2. Noun. The effect that interference caused by a multi-path reception problem has on a television screen. ¹
3. Noun. Ghost imaging. ¹
4. Noun. A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ghosting
1. a false image on a television screen [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghosting
Literary usage of Ghosting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bohemia in London by Arthur Ransome (1907)
"WAYS AND MEANS A LITTLE time ago there was a great outcry against what was called "
literary ghosting," a fraudulent passing off of the work of unknown ..."
2. Copyright Licensing Regimes Covering Retransmission of Broadcast Signals edited by Howard Coble (2001)
"In many cases, the 'ghosting* effect can be reduced or eliminated through the
use of an improved antenna with a high front-to-back ratio. ..."
3. Prison Conditions in the United Kingdom by Allyson Collins, Haywood Burns (1992)
"The practice of "ghosting" disruptive prisoners, by moving them frequently
throughout the prison system, often putting them in solitary confinement, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"... blessed with in the witching pages of that ghosting, rawhead-and-bloody-bones
fraternity, years before led on by that redoubted and popular personage, ..."
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