the visual manifestation of a deceased person (commonly referred to as a 'ghost') or of a living person, known to be beyond the sensory range of the percipient
The appearance of a paranormal animal, object or person is known as an apparition Such manifestations cannot be touched, and appear to walk or float through walls and doors
An unusual appearing ghostly figure A ghostly figure; a specter Spirit energy that is usually seen in the form of the entity that has passed Some psychics and mediums see them on a regular basis Catching an apparition on film is what every ghost hunter aspires to do They show up in a transparent human form and usually wear the clothing of their period Also note that people have been known to see animal apparitions also [See "Donna's Apprition" story of when she saw kitty Yarrow, which had passed away not long before, while she was at the home of Jeff Reynolds ]
A visual appearance of a person not actually present, living or deceased Extensive research shows that apparitions appear most frequently when special anxiety, and the desire to send an urgent message, coincide with the physical extremity of the agent
A period of time during with a celestial object, particularly a solar system object, is well placed for observed This is often applied to a planet such as Venus that frequently switch form one side of the Sun to the other (that is, from evening to morning skies and vice versa)
Refers to a ghost, spirit, dead person or whatever term you call that part of the human personality that survives in the physical world after the death of the body While generally applied to a visual image, it can be applied to voices or other sounds, smells that seem to behave as if something intelligent is controlling them, or even to sensations felt by a living person Also called "Ghost" or "Spirit"
An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being. something that you imagine you can see, especially the spirit of a dead person (apparitio, from apparere; APPEAR)
an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stanger" something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter" a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us