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 systems without actually exposing a patient.It may be an anthropomorphic or a physical test object Cat…
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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 .] That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. « Strange pha …
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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 tumour, a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due 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 source of sensation; applied specifically to a bodily limb that has bee...
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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
    
    1. a ghostly appearing figure
    2. something existing in perception only
    
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