From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Phantom \Phan"tom\, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF.
fant[^o]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. fa`ntasma, fr. fai`nein 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.
[1913 Webster]
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Phantom \Phan"tom\, a.
Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.
Phantom isles are floating in the skies. --B. Taylor.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phantom
adj 1: something apparently sensed but having no physical
reality; "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the
amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"
n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the
apparition that confronted us" [syn: {apparition},
{phantom}, {phantasm}, {phantasma}, {fantasm}, {specter},
{spectre}]
2: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition
at midnight" [syn: {apparition}, {phantom}, {phantasm},
{phantasma}, {fantasm}, {shadow}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Phantom /fantoːm/
phantom
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