Definition of "spectral"

spectral

/ˈspɛktɹəɫ/

adjective
comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral
1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.
  Quotations
  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.
  1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage Morning”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 202
  Agitated by a multitude of curious thoughts, I retired to my room, that night, prepared to encounter some new experience of a spectral character.
  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, […], page 27, column 2
2. Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)

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