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spectral

adjective as in ghostly

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Researchers said that if both spectral features are confirmed, the object cannot be an isolated dark star, but rather may be a dark star embedded in a metal rich environment.

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Upon opening the door, the man finds “darkness there and nothing more,” though just out of his view we can see a spectral figure floating in the hallway.

There’s also a ghost in the movie, I think — at least, there’s a heavy hinge that shouldn’t be able to open without a spectral nudge.

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What’s left is a spectral scene, ghosted by the limitations of old black-and-white photographic technology and further heightened by the uneven glow generated by the camera’s flashbulb.

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Future observations by the James Webb Space Telescope should also be able to tell us what the planet is made up of, using something called spectral imaging.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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