Usually means: Apparition perceived but not real.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word phantom:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. phantom: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. phantom: Merriam-Webster
  3. phantom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. phantom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. phantom: Collins English Dictionary
  6. phantom: Vocabulary.com
  7. Phantom, phantom: Wordnik
  8. phantom: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Phantom, phantom: Wiktionary
  10. phantom: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. phantom: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. phantom: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. phantom: Dictionary.com
  14. phantom: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. phantom: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Phantom: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. phantom: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. phantom: Rhymezone
  20. Phantom (nt), phantom: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. phantom: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. phantom: FreeDictionary.org
  23. phantom: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. phantom: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Phantom (disambiguation), phantom: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Phantom (disambiguation), phantom: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. phantom: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Phantom (disambiguation), phantom: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. PHANTOM: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. phantom: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Phantom, phantom: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See phantoming as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A ghost or apparition.
noun:  Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
noun:  (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
noun:  (medical imaging) A test object. A test phantom is an object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
adjective:  Illusive.
adjective:  Fictitious or nonexistent.
noun:  Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
noun:  Rolls-Royce Phantom

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