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Synonyms for spectral
ˈspɛk trəlspec·tral

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  1. spectral

    Synonyms:
    ghostly, ghastly, cadaverous, shadowy, visionary, illusionary

    Antonyms:
    bodily, substantial, corporal, fleshly, palpable

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  1. spectraladjective

    of or relating to a spectrum

    "spectral colors"; "spectral analysis"

    Synonyms:
    apparitional, ghostlike, spiritual, phantasmal, ghostly

    Antonyms:
    natural

  2. apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritualadjective

    resembling or characteristic of a phantom

    "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"

    Synonyms:
    religious, ghostly, spiritual, apparitional, unearthly, phantasmal, ghostlike

    Antonyms:
    natural

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  1. spectraladjective

    Synonyms:
    ghostly, phantom-like

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  1. spectraladjective

    Synonyms:
    phantomlike, ghostly

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  1. List of paraphrases for "spectral":

    spectra, spectrometry, spectrum, spectroscopic

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#3706spiritual
#4483spectrum
#10291spectra
#10893spectral
#19590visionary
#23498spectrometry
#33230spectroscopic
#34948ghostly
#38689shadowy
#47042ghastly
#79310unearthly
#138828illusionary
#194565cadaverous
#280933phantasmal
#301114ghostlike

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  1. Jennifer Glass:

    The big question, and a topic of active scientific debate, is whether the purple bacteria living on the ancient Earth had the ability to protect themselves from UV radiation well enough to inhabit vast expanses of the land surface, like plants do on the modern Earth, the spectral signature of the pigment would be much stronger if the pigmented bacteria covered the land surface.

  2. John Berger:

    Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.

  3. Tyler Robinson:

    Occultations in the solar system and in the transits of exoplanets are perfectly complementary, in both cases, the light that is transmitted through the atmosphere carries with it the spectral signatures of whatever gases, hazes, and clouds might be present in the planet's atmosphere.

  4. Peter Schultz:

    We show that carbon acts like a stealth darkening agent, from the standpoint of spectral analysis, it's like an invisible paint.

  5. Joseph Conrad:

    How does one kill fear, I wonder How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat


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