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# spectral

«spectral» in Mova's school dictionary: **like a ghost; pale, shadowy and unreal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Spectral means like a ghost; pale, shadowy and unreal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectral/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

ghostly, used in old tales for ghosts, spirits and eerie shapes or sounds

### examples

- A spectral figure drifted past her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectral/#x1)
- The spectral herd roared in the mist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectral/#x2)
- The spectral city rose from the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectral/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «spectral» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectral/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.