spectral

spectral

English

Etymology

Equivalent to spectre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛktɹəɫ/

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Adjective

spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)

1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.

   The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 202:

     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.

   • 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. Whiting, […], OCLC 781591950, page 27, column 2:

     Agitated by a multitude of curious thoughts, I retired to my room, that night, prepared to encounter some new experience of a spectral character.

   Synonym: ghostly

   Antonym: nonspectral

2. Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)

Derived terms

• autospectral
• bispectral
• cospectral
• eigenspectral
• extraspectral
• hydrogen spectral series
• hyperspectral
• isospectral
• microspectral
• midspectral
• monospectral
• multispectral
• nonisospectral
• nonspectral
• pseudospectral
• spatiospectral
• spectral bat
• spectral class
• spectralism
• spectralist
• spectrality
• spectral line
• spectrally
• spectral set
• spectral theorem
• spectral theory
• spectral type
• spectro-
• subspectral
• temporospectral
• ultraspectral
• unspectral

 

Translations

pertaining to a spectre

Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) (prizračen) Catalan: espectral French: spectral (fr) Greek: φασματικός (el) (fasmatikós) Irish: taibhsiúil Italian: spettrale (it) Portuguese: espectral m or f Romanian: spectral (ro) Spanish: espectral (es) Swedish: spektral (sv)

ghostly

Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) (prizračen) Catalan: espectral Finnish: aavemainen (fi) Irish: taibhsiúil Italian: spettrale (it) Portuguese: espectral m or f Romanian: spectral (ro) Spanish: espectral (es)

of a spectrum

Bulgarian: спектрален (spektralen) Czech: spektrální Dutch: spectraal (nl) Finnish: spektri- French: spectral (fr)? German: spektral (de), Spektral- Italian: spettrale (it) Portuguese: espectral m or f Romanian: spectral (ro) Volapük: späktrumik

Anagrams

• cepstral, craplets, sceptral

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French

Etymology

From spectre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛk.tʁal/

Adjective

spectral (feminine spectrale, masculine plural spectraux, feminine plural spectrales)

1. spectral

Further reading

• “spectral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spectral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spekˈtral]

Adjective

spectral m or n (feminine singular spectrală, masculine plural spectrali, feminine and neuter plural spectrale)

1. spectral

Declension

Declension of spectral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	spectral		spectrală	spectrali	spectrale
	definite	spectralul		spectrala	spectralii	spectralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	spectral		spectrale	spectrali	spectrale
	definite	spectralului		spectralei	spectralilor	spectralelor

Synonyms

• fantomatic

Related terms

• spectru