English to English
phantom
('f/eI//@/n
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adjective (a)
- Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- something existing in perception only(noun.cognition)source: wordnet30
- That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- something apparently sensed but having no physical reality(adj.all)Example:
Seemed to hear faint phantom bells.
The amputee's illusion of a phantom limb.
source: wordnet30
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