Found 2 items, similar to Phantom.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: phantom
phantom
n 1: a ghostly appearing figure;
“we were unprepared for the
apparition that confronted us” [syn:
apparition,
phantasm,
phantasma,
specter,
spectre]
2: something existing in perception only;
“a ghostly apparition
at midnight” [syn:
apparition,
phantasm,
phantasma,
shadow]
phantom
adj : something apparently sensed but having no physical reality;
“seemed to hear faint phantom bells”;
“the amputee's
illusion of a phantom limb”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Phantom
Phantom
\Phan"tom\, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF.
fant[^o]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to show. See
Fancy, and cf.
Pha["e]ton,
Phantasm,
Phase.]
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a
specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal
image.
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Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. --Pope.
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She was a phantom of delight. --Wordsworth.
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Phantom ship. See
Flying Dutchman, under
Flying.
Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the
abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus,
etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but
disappearing upon the administration of an an[ae]sthetic.
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Phantom
\Phan"tom\, a.
Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.
Phantom isles are floating in the skies. --B. Taylor.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]