___ lines, spooky-sounding term for the colored bands that appear when light is split in physics Crossword Clue

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___ lines, spooky-sounding term for the colored bands that appear when light is split in physics Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. resembling or characteristic of a phantom

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COLORED (adjective)
1. favoring one person or side over another
2. having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
SOUNDING (adjective)
1. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
2. having volume or deepness
SOUNDING (noun)
1. a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
2. the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

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7. ___ in stone (unchangeable)

10. Acorn-dropping tree

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12. Farm area measure

14. Dr. ___, "Bad Intentions" rapper

15. Cawing bird

16. Butter for better skin

17. ___-or-nothing (with no compromise)

18. Egyptian viper

19. ___ variable, spooky-sounding "spirit" term for a placeholder or "dummy" variable used in programming formulas

20. Suffix with "respond" or "persist"

22. Pilot's "this is when we'll land": Abbr.

24. "Pal," in Sydney

26. Letters that mean "Mayday!"

27. Far from extroverted

30. ___ price, spooky-sounding "silhouette" term for a hypothetical value assigned to non-marketed goods in economics

33. Heart-___ chocolates (Valentine's Day gift, perhaps)

35. Country miss

36. Scooby-___ (mystery-solving pupper)

38. Hollywood's Spike and Ang, for two

39. Suffix with "super" for the name of a Great Lake

40. McDonald's Big ___ (burger)

41. Broaden, as a road

45. ___ limb, spooky-sounding term for a sensation felt in a body part that has been amputated

49. Shrinking Asian sea (anagram of "Lara")

50. "In conclusion..."

51. Baseball hitter's stat: Abbr.

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54. MSN rival: Abbr.

55. "Ethyl" or "methyl" ending

56. "T" or "F" on an exam, for short

57. Modern TV type: Abbr.

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2. __ Grey tea

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4. ___ d'oeuvre (appetizer)

5. Runs away to marry

6. Trim the lawn, say

7. Beauty pageant wear

8. Sound that rebounds

9. Uno, dos, ___, cuatro

11. Improvisational jazz style

13. Have a meal

19. Wound that has a long, deep cut

21. Homer Simpson's neighbor

23. How-__ (instruction books)

24. Flavor-enhancing additive (Abbr.)

25. "There it is!"

28. ___-haw (donkey's bray)

29. NFL distances, for short

31. Norse god who is father to Thor

32. Try to win over romantically

34. Actor Rickman or Thicke

37. "___ Black," 2013 Canadian sci-fi thriller series starring Tatiana Maslany

40. Live ___ (Taco Bell slogan)

41. Walk through shallow water

42. Tehran's country

43. Reason to make a prank call, maybe

44. Antlered animal that bugles

46. Sings with a closed mouth

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