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spectral

spec·tral

spectral

 
pronunciation:
spek trl
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: of, pertaining to, or like a specter.
synonyms:
ghostly, phantom
similar words:
demonic, ghastly, incorporeal, otherworldly, phantomlike, shadowy, spiritual, supernatural, wraithlike
definition 2: of, pertaining to, produced by, or like a spectrum.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)spectral somewhat
(adj.)spectral + noun absorption, amplitude, analysis, artifact, astronomer, band, bandwidth, broadening, change, characteristic, class, classification, component, content, continuum, cue, data, density, distribution, emission, epoch, evidence, feature, figure, fingerprint, fog, function, gradient, host, hydrogen, image, index, instrument, laboratory, light, line, measurement, monitoring, noise, observation, output, parameter, pattern, peak, power, presence, purity, radiation, range, reflectance, region, resolution, response, sequence, shape, shift, signal, signature, splitting, temperature, type, velocity, viewer, wavelength, width  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: spectrally (adv.), spectrality (n.), spectralness (n.)