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Virtual

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Adjective

1. practical, virtual

being actually such in almost every respect

Example Sentences:
'a practical failure'
'the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin'

2. virtual

existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact

Example Sentences:
'a virtual dependence on charity'
'a virtual revolution'
'virtual reality'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Virtual

see synonyms of virtual
adjective
1. 
having the essence or effect but not the appearance or form of
a virtual revolution
2. physics
being, relating to, or involving a virtual image
a virtual focus
3. computing
of or relating to virtual storage
virtual memory
4. 
of or relating to a computer technique by which a person, wearing a headset or mask, has the experience of being in an environment created by the computer, and of interacting with and causing changes in it
5. rare
capable of producing an effect through inherent power or virtue
6. physics
designating or relating to a particle exchanged between other particles that are interacting by a field of force
a virtual photon
See also exchange force

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Virtual

see synonyms of virtual
adjective
1. 
being such practically or in effect, although not in actual fact or name
a virtual impossibility
2.  Computing
a. 
designating or of a kind of memory (sense 8b) that makes use of disk space to supplement main memory while large programs are being executed
b. 
of, pertaining to, or taking place in cyberspace or in virtual reality
virtual shopping

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Virtual

see synonyms of virtual
adj.
1. Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name: the virtual extinction of the buffalo.
2. Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination. Used in literary criticism of a text.
3. Computers
a. Existing as or by means of digital media: a virtual classroom.
b. Relating to or existing in virtual reality: a virtual encounter in a chatroom.
c. Emulating the function of another system or device.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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