n. [ OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fantôme, fr. L. phantasma, Gr.
Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Phantom ship.
Phantom tumor (Med.),
a. Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.
Phantom isles are floating in the skies. B. Taylor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Phantasmal. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Elec.) The equivalent of an additional circuit or wire, in reality not existing, obtained by certain arrangements of real circuits, as in some multiplex telegraph systems. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]