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Grammar : Adj
Spell : spek-truh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛk trəl

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Définition of spectral

Origin :
  • 1718, "capable of seeing spectres;" 1815, "ghostly;" from spectre + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to a spectrum" is 1832, from stem of spectrum + -al (1).
  • adj ghostly
Example sentences :
  • A web of spectral blue light had enveloped the abandoned scout.
  • Extract from : « Raiders Invisible » by Desmond Winter Hall
  • "The dark blur on the spectral lines," old Parrish muttered.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • She was as pale as the spectral lilacs, whose perfume floated about them.
  • Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
  • Their spectral indices may however be determined, as will be seen later.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on Stellar Statistics » by Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
  • We find that the number of stars increases with the spectral index.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on Stellar Statistics » by Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
  • And I felt like a disembodied being in this spectral atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
  • The spectral wraiths of ten thousand of the enemy were staring.
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • On the contrary, they did authorize the "admission" of spectral evidence.
  • Extract from : « Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather » by Charles W. Upham
  • Then your Majesty is of the opinion that this is actually a case of a spectral apparition?
  • Extract from : « The Gray Nun » by Nataly Von Eschstruth
  • Your father's ghost called you; my mother's spectral hand beckoned me.
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth

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