Phantom

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  • noun. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.
  • noun. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
  • noun. A model of a human body or body part.
  • adjective. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom.
  • adjective. Fictitious or nonexistent, often when intended to deceive.
  • adjective. Believed to be real even though illusory.
  • adjective. Being a phantom limb.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A phantom crystal.
  • noun. A map or diagram of the magnetic field made by strewing iron filings upon a plate of glass-or other smooth surface and allowing them to arrange themselves along the lines of force.
  • noun. Appearance merely; illusion; unreality; fancy; delusion; deception; deceit.
  • noun. A phantasm; a specter or apparition; an imagined vision; an optical illusion.
  • noun. Same as manikin, 2.
  • Apparent merely; illusive; spectral; ghostly: as, a phantom ship.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.
  • noun. That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
  • noun. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying.
  • noun. 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 anæsthetic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive.
  • noun. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
  • adjective. illusive
  • adjective. fictitious or nonexistent
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a ghostly appearing figure
  • noun. something existing in perception only
  • adjective. something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
  • Word Usage
    "But he didn't know that Xerox created what it called a "phantom account" for his 1985 payout, credited it with hypothetical interest pegged to stock-market returns—often in the double digits—and subtracted the total from his pension."
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    unreal  
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