Spectral

Definition: Spectral

Spectral

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors"; "spectral analysis".

2. Like or being a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "spectral" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1693. (references)

Aerospace

Environment

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Spectral

Demon

Adjective: demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal; fiendish, fiend-like; supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral; ghostly, ghost-like; elfin, elvin, elfish, elflike; haunted; pokerish.

Inexistence

Adjective: inexistent, nonexistent; negative, blank; missing, omitted; absent insubstantial, shadowy, spectral, visionary.

Unsubstantiality

Visionary; (imaginary); immaterial; spectral; dreamy; shadowy; ethereal, airy; cloud built, cloud formed; gossamery, illusory, insubstantial, unreal.

Crosswords: Spectral

French (ghostlike, ghostly, spectral), Romanian (ghostly, spectral, spookish).

Do you know what leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water? (Men in Black; writing credit: Ed Solomon)

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References

• Spectral Diagnostics Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Introduction to Spectral Analysis (reference)

• Pseudodifferential Operators and Spectral Theory (Springer Series in Soviet Mathematics) (reference)

• Spectral Methods in MATLAB (reference)

• The Spectral Mother: Freud, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Nist-epa-msdc : Mass Spectral Database On Cd-rom (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Spectral Mornings (reference)

• Spectral Spheres Cornation (reference)

• Spectral Worship (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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It is a dreamy remark, making one feel something like Macbeth grasping at the spectral dagger.

In his agony, he caught the spectral hand.

She had a strange spectral grace.

The firelight flickered on the wall and beyond the window a spectral dusk was gathering upon the river.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The best performance comes with speech processors that attempt to preserve the normal frequency code or spectral representation of the cochlea. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "spectral": power spectral density ♦ spectral albedo ♦ spectral analysis ♦ spectral band ♦ spectral Band Replication ♦ spectral color ♦ spectral colour ♦ spectral discharge lamp ♦ spectral hardening ♦ spectral lemur ♦ spectral line ♦ spectral log ♦ spectral logging ♦ spectral purity ♦ spectral width ♦ spectral window. Additional references.

Ending with "spectral": multi-spectral.

Containing "spectral": multi-spectral imagery.

Albanian

spektral, prej fantazme. (various references)

Arabic 

‏طيفي (ghostly), ‏شبحي (ghastly, ghostly, spiritual, spooky). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спектрален, призрачен (dreamy, ghostly, phantasmal, shadowy, spooky, unearthly, unsubstantial, visionary). (various references)

Chinese 

鬼 (Ghostly). (various references)

Czech

strašidelný (creepy, frightening, ghostly, haunted, haunting, macabre, scary, spooky, unearthly), spektrální, duchový. (various references)

Danish

spektralanalyse (Fourier analysis, frequency-domain analysis, spectral analysis, spectral method, spectroscopic analysis, spectrum analysis), spektral albedo (spectral albedo), spektral hærdning (hardening, spectral hardening), spektral logging (spectral gamma-ray log, spectral log, spectral logging), spektral og rumlig klyngedannelse (spectral spatial clustering), spektral opløsnings grænse (spectral resolving limit), spektral udstråling (spectral radiancy, spectral radiant emittance), spektrum-afstand (spectral space), spektralatlas (spectral atlas), spektral-bånd (spectral band), spektralfarver (spectral color, spectral colour), spektralflux (spectral flux), spektral-form (spectral shape), spektrallampe (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spektrallinie (spectral line), spektral-nul (spectral null), spektralområde (spectral range, spectral region), spektraltæthed af analoge signaler (analog spectral density, analogue spectral density), spektral renhed (spectral purity), den spektrale fordeling af den sidevaerts rettede straaling fra ballastroeret udviser to forskellige toppe (the spectral distribution of the laterally emitted radiation from the shunt regulator tube exhibits two distinct peaks), hovedsagelig undforsket spektralområde (largely unexplored spectral region), Fourier-analyse (Fourier analysis, frequency-domain analysis, spectral analysis, spectrum analysis), enkeltsidet spektraldensitet (one-sided spectral density), eksponentiel spektraldensitets-model (power law spectral density model). (various references)

Dutch

spectrale kleur (spectral color, spectral colour), spectraal albedo (spectral albedo), spectraal gebied (spectral range, spectral region), spectraal stralingsvermogen (spectral radiancy, spectral radiant emittance), spectraal venster (spectral window), spectraalband (spectral band), spectraallijn (spectral line), spectra-atlas (spectral atlas), spectrale flux (spectral flux), spektraallijn (spectral line), spectrale lamp (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spectrumanalyse (Fourier analysis, frequency analysis, frequency-domain analysis, spectral analysis, spectrum analysis, wave analysis), spectrumverharding (hardening, spectral hardening), spectrale dichtheid van analoge signalen (analog spectral density, analogue spectral density), spectrumlamp (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spectrale lichtstroomdichtheid (spectral radiancy), spectrometrische methode (spectral method), spectrale zuiverheid (spectral purity), spectrale vorm (spectral shape), spectrale ruimte (spectral space), spectrale oplossingslimiet (spectral resolving limit), spectrale nul (spectral null), spectrumruimte (spectral width), enkelzijdig spectrale dichtheid (one-sided spectral density), model van de spectrale dichtheid volgens de vermogenswet (power law spectral density model), in het spectrum van de door de parallel-stabilisatiebuis zijwaarts uitgezonden straling komen twee verschillende pieken voor (the spectral distribution of the laterally emitted radiation from the shunt regulator tube exhibits two distinct peaks), grotendeels niet-onderzocht spectraal gebied (largely unexplored spectral region), gammastraalspectrumlog (spectral gamma-ray log, spectral log, spectral logging), Fourier-analyse (Fourier analysis, frequency-domain analysis, spectral analysis, spectrum analysis). (various references)

Finnish

spektrin puhtaus (spectral purity), spektraalilamppu (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spektraalimenetelmä (spectral method), spektrialue (spectral range, spectral region), spektrin nollakohta (spectral null), spektrinen albedo (spectral albedo), spektrinen avaruus (spectral space), spektrinen muoto (spectral shape), spektriviiva (spectral line), spektriviivalamppu (spectral discharge lamp, spectroscopic lamp), spektrianalyysi (Fourier analysis, frequency-domain analysis, spectral analysis, spectrum analysis), yksipuolinen spektritiheys (one-sided spectral density), analogisen signaalin spektritiheys (analog spectral density, analogue spectral density), tehospektrijakauman malli (power law spectral density model), kirjoviiva (spectral line), Fourier-analyysi (Fourier analysis, frequency-domain analysis, spectral analysis, spectrum analysis). (various references)

French

spectral. (various references)

German

gespenstisch (eerie, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, spectrally, unearthly). (various references)

Greek 

φασματώδησ (ghostlike), φασματικόσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

תחזיתי, של רוח רפאים. (various references)

Hungarian

színkép (spectrum), kísérteties (eerie, gaunt, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, lurid, macabre, spookish, spooky, withered), kísérteti. (various references)

Italian

spettrale (ghostlike, ghostly, phantom, unearthly, unreal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

スペクタクル� �"� (spectacular film, spectre, spectrum). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

スペクトル (spectre). (various references)

Korean 

괴기한 (grotesque). (various references)

Manx

scaanagh (crannied, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, mirrorlike, representative, specular, spooky). (various references)

Pig Latin

ectralspay

Portuguese

fantasmal (ghostly, phantasmal), espectral (dreamlike, ghostly, phantasmal). (various references)

Romanian

spectral (ghostly, spookish), fantomatic (dreamlike, ghostlike, ghostly, phantom-like, spookish, vague), care rãsfrânge luminã. (various references)

Russian 

спектральный, призрачный (ghostly, illusive, phantasmal, phantom, shadowy, spooky, visionary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

spektralan, avetinjski. (various references)

Spanish

espectral (spooky). (various references)

Swedish

spektral-, spöklik (eerie, eery, gaunt, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, lurid, spooky, uncanny). (various references)

Turkish

spektral, tayfla ilgili, hayali (aerial, airy, cardboard box, chimerical, delusive, Faerie, faery, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictitious, fictive, illusive, illusory, imaginary, imaginative, insubstantial, phantasmal, unreal, visionary), hayalet gibi (ghostlike, ghostly, spookish, spooky). (various references)

Ukrainian

спектральний, примарний (apparitional, dreamlike, dreamy, elfish, elvish, ghastly, ghostly, illusive, illusory, phantasmal, spooky, visional). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "spectral": spectrally. (additional references)

Words ending with "spectral": multispectral. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Spectral" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sectorul, sectra, spectal, spectar, spectron. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sceptral.

-1 letter: caplets, carpels, carpets, cartels, clarets, clasper, crestal, palters, parcels, persalt, placers, placets, plaster, platers, plectra, preacts, precast, psalter, reclasp, scalper, scarlet, spectra, stapler.

-2 letters: alerts, alters, artels, aspect, capers, caplet, carets, carles, carpel, carpet, cartel, cartes, caster, castle, caters, claret, claspt, clears, cleats, crapes, crates, eclats, epacts, escarp, estral, lacers, lapser, laster.

+1 letter: calypters, particles, pectorals, placaters, praelects.

+2 letters: afterclaps, applecarts, campestral, peculators, percolates, replicates, spectrally, speculator.

+3 letters: altarpieces, apicultures, birthplaces, colportages, explicators, grapholects, heptachlors, letterspace, metacarpals, participles, pearlescent, percolators, peristaltic, plasticizer, pratincoles, receptacles, replicators, respectable, respectably, spectacular, specularity, speculators, spirochetal, triplicates.

+4 letters: capitularies, caterpillars, coleopterans, copperplates, counterplans, counterplays, counterpleas, craftspeople, discrepantly, hyperplastic, letterspaces, lycanthropes, malpractices, marketplaces, narcoleptics, particulates, perchlorates, percolations, perspectival, phylacteries, plasticizers, plebiscitary, plecopterans, plutocracies, postcardlike, problematics, proconsulate, prosecutable, pterodactyls, reduplicates, replacements, replications, respectables, semitropical, spectaculars, spectatorial, superplastic, thunderclaps, tropicalizes, ultraprecise.