"spoky" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From spoke + -y, from the resemblance to spokes of a wheel.",
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      "form": "more spoky",
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          "word": "spokiness"
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          "ref": "1942, International Projectionist, volumes 17-18, page 12:",
          "text": "A spoky roll is shown beside a smooth roll in Figure 1. Spokiness occurs both with 35mm and with 16mm film but does not appear to cause projection difficulties with 35mm film.",
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          "ref": "1995, 1995 ASHRAE Handbook: Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning applications:",
          "text": "When a spoky roll is stored for a long time, the film flows permanently into the spoky condition, resulting in film distortion.",
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        "Of a roll of film: incorrectly wound, resulting in humps that appear as radial lines."
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          "roll",
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          "film",
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          "hump",
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          "radial",
          "radial"
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          "line",
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  "word": "spoky"
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