What is the meaning of apparition?

A ghostly appearing figure.
- usage: "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
- synonyms: phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
The appearance of a ghostlike figure.
- usage: "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
Something existing in perception only.
- usage: "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
- synonyms: phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly.
- usage: "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"

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