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Phantom can refer to any of the following.

Paranormal

Technology

  • Phantom power, a method for supplying current to devices over signaling cables
  • A device or test pattern that simulates the human body or part of the human body and is used to calibrate a detector that measures radiation emanating from within (e.g. the BOMAB phantom) or absorbed by (e.g. Shepp-Logan phantom) the body. See Computed Tomography.

Trademarks and Product Names

In transportation:

In gaming:

  • CCI Phantom (or "The Phantom"), a paintball marker developed and marketed by Mike Casedy and his company CCI
  • The Phantom (game system), a canceled video game console which never reached production

Other:

  • BASF markets the pesticide chlorfenapyr under the registered trademark Phantom

In literature & theatre:

In film:

In television:

In music:

In video games:

In other areas:

  • The Phantom (horse), a former New Zealand-trained race horse who competed in Australian events in 1990's
  • Phantom Killer, an unidentified serial killer believed to have killed five people in Texarkana in 1946

Military

Other

  • Phantom limb, the sensation that a missing limb is still attached to the body and functioning normally
  • Phantom quartz, a type of quartz that appears to have 'phantom' crystals inside of crystals, formed as a result of interrupted crystal growth

See also