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Definition of: phantom
(fan′təm) noun
1. Something that exists only in appearance.
2. An apparition; specter; illusion.
3. The visible representative of an abstract state or incorporeal person.
—adjective Illusive; ghostlike: a phantom ship. Also spelled fantom. [<OF fantosme <L phantasma <Gk., an appearance <phantazein make visible <phantos visible <phainein show. Doublet of FANTASM.]
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