Meaning

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

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

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

  3. On the spectrum; spectrumy.

    spektral, Spektral-

    of or relating to a spectrum

Examples

6 sentences
  1. They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral.

    deSie waren sich alle einig, dass es eine gewaltige Kreatur war, leuchtend, gespenstisch und spukhaft.

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  2. Satellite instruments measure light emitted or reflected back to space at different wavelengths and create spectral reflectance curves.

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  3. Alpha Centauri A is the same spectral type as, and similar in size to the Sun.

    deα Centauri A ist vom gleichen Spektraltyp und ähnlichen Dimensionen wie die Sonne.

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  4. If you like astrobiology, maybe read the document "Venus’ Spectral Signatures and the Potential for Life in the Clouds."

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  5. This collage of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's northern hemisphere and rings as viewed with four different spectral filters.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
of a spectrum:

Origin

From spectr(e) + -al. From spectr(um) + -al.

From spectr(e) + -al.

From spectr(um) + -al.

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