"spectral" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈspɛktɹəɫ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spectral.wav Forms: more spectral [comparative], most spectral [superlative]
Etymology: Equivalent to spectre + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spectre|al}} spectre + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)
  1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly. Categories (topical): Horror Synonyms: ghostly Translations (ghostly): призрачен (prizračen) (Bulgarian), espectral (Catalan), aavemainen (Finnish), taibhsiúil (Irish), spettrale (Italian), espectral [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), spectral (Romanian), espectral (Spanish) Translations (pertaining to a spectre): призрачен (prizračen) (Bulgarian), espectral (Catalan), spectral (French), φασματικός (fasmatikós) (Greek), taibhsiúil (Irish), spettrale (Italian), espectral [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), spectral (Romanian), espectral (Spanish), spektral (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spectral-en-adj-6mS-ZrHC Disambiguation of Horror: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'ghostly': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to a spectre': 69 31
  2. Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc) Translations (of a spectrum): спектрален (spektralen) (Bulgarian), spektrální (Czech), spectraal (Dutch), spektri- (Finnish), spectral? (French), spektral (German), Spektral- (German), spettrale (Italian), espectral [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), spectral (Romanian), späktrumik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-spectral-en-adj-2b5DUPoz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'of a spectrum': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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    {
      "word": "spectral owl"
    },
    {
      "word": "spectral set"
    },
    {
      "word": "spectral theorem"
    },
    {
      "word": "spectral theory"
    },
    {
      "word": "spectral type"
    },
    {
      "word": "spectro-"
    },
    {
      "word": "subspectral"
    },
    {
      "word": "temporospectral"
    },
    {
      "word": "ultraspectral"
    },
    {
      "word": "unspectral"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spectre",
        "3": "al"
      },
      "expansion": "spectre + -al",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Equivalent to spectre + -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more spectral",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most spectral",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nonspectral"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage Morning”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 202:",
          "text": "The day itself was miserably dull; a thick fog shut out the landscape, while a few of the nearer trees alone were visible, spreading out their thin spectral arms on the murky air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Ghost in Master B’s Room”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 27, column 2:",
          "text": "Agitated by a multitude of curious thoughts, I retired to my room, that night, prepared to encounter some new experience of a spectral character.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly."
      ],
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        [
          "spectre",
          "spectre"
        ],
        [
          "ghostly",
          "ghostly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ghostly"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spectra",
          "spectrum"
        ],
        [
          "frequency",
          "frequency"
        ],
        [
          "wavelength",
          "wavelength"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛktɹəɫ/"
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prizračen",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "призрачен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "espectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "spectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fasmatikós",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "φασματικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "taibhsiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "spettrale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "spectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "espectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to a spectre",
      "word": "spektral"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prizračen",
      "sense": "ghostly",
      "word": "призрачен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ghostly",
      "word": "espectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ghostly",
      "word": "aavemainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ghostly",
      "word": "taibhsiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ghostly",
      "word": "spettrale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ghostly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ghostly",
      "word": "spectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ghostly",
      "word": "espectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spektralen",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "спектрален"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "spektrální"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "spectraal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "spektri-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "spectral?"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "spektral"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "Spektral-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "spettrale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "spectral"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of a spectrum",
      "word": "späktrumik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spectral"
}

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