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Definition of "virtual" []

  • Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name: the virtual extinction of the buffalo. (adjective)
  • Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination. Used in literary criticism of a text. (adjective)
  • Computer Science Created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network: virtual conversations in a chatroom. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "virtual" in a sentence
  • "* @virtual [optional] - whether a virtual directory function destroyDir ($dir, $virtual = false) $ds = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;"
  • "Your fundamental assumption, which recurs throughout the paper, is that the person who is willing to pay the most for a piece of virtual "property" in the *actual* world is the person who will use it the most efficiently in the *virtual* world."
  • "For instance, search the term virtual sales training and you will see I hold 3 of the top 4 Google search positions and we didn't pay for clicks to obtain this position."