Look up: Phantom

1. phantom
   [adj] - something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
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2. phantom
   visual hallucination or illusion Category: Medicine • an erroneous indication given by a signal providing an interference light Category: Transport • Used to absorb and/or scatter radiation equivalently to a patient,and hence to estimate radiation doses and test imaging syste...
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3. Phantom
   Phan'tom noun [ Middle English fantome , fantosme , fantesme , Old French fantôme , from Latin phantasma , Greek ..., from ... to show. See Fancy , and confer Phaëton , Phantasm , Phase
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4. Phantom
   Phan'tom adjective Being, or of the nature of, a phantom. « Phantom isles are floating in the skies.» B. Taylor.
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5. phantom
   That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. 'Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise.' (Pope) 'She was a phantom of delight.' (Wordsworth) Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying. ... <medicine> Phantom t...
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6. phantom
   adjective something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; `seemed to hear faint phantom bells`; `the amputee`s illusion of a phantom limb`
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7. phantom
   (fan´tәm) an image or impression not evoked by actual stimuli. a model of the body or a body part. in radiology, a device that simulates the conditions encountered when radiation or radioactive material is deposited in tissues, to give a quantitative estimation of its effects.
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8. Phantom
   • (a.) Being, or of the nature of, a phantom. • (n.) 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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9. phantom
   phantom, fantom 1. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition. 2. Something which is elusive or delusive. 3. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion. 4. Something dreaded or despised. 5. Of, or related to, a nonexistent sourc...
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10. Phantom
    An illustration showing the exterior of an object as if it were transparent, while revealing interior detailing.
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11. phantom
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fan′tŏm Definitions: 1. A model, especially a transparent one, of the human body or any of its parts. 2. radiology a mechanical or computer-generated model for predicting irradiation dosage deep in the body. Synonyms: phantasm
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12. Phantom
    The USS Phantom was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Phantom was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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13. phantom
    
    • a ghostly appearing figure
    • something existing in perception only
    
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14. Phantom
    (console) The `Phantom` was a controversial video game console that was allegedly under development by Phantom Entertainment, formerly `Infinium Labs`. The canceled device was supposedly planned to be capable of playing current and future PC games, giving the system a massive initial game lib...
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15. Phantom
    (novel) `Phantom` is a 1990 novel by Susan Kay, based on the Gaston Leroux novel The Phantom of the Opera. Plot summary: The Phantom is born as `Erik` in Boscherville, a small town not far from Rouen, in the summer of 1831. His father is a well-known stonemason and dies in a con...
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16. Phantom
    (comics) ", (1972) drawn by George Wilson for Avon Books. Big Little Books: The first attempt at non-comic strip Phantom stories, was done by Whitman Publishing Company were the Big Little Books, which featured illustrated pulp-adaptations of a few comic strip stories by Lee Falk and Ray...
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17. Phantom
    (sailboat) There are two designs of Phantom sailboats, one is a sloop design which is often raced, and the other is a lateen rig that was designed after the Sunfish model sailing dinghy. The first `Phantom` mentioned is a high performance singlehander sailing dinghy designed by Paul Wright an...
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