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Virtual Relating Denoting |ˈvəːtjʊəl| Adjective Completely Strict Definition

Front virtual
|ˈvəːtjʊəl|
Back adjective
1
almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition:
2
Computing
not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so:
See also virtual reality.
3
Optics
relating to the points at which rays would meet if produced backwards.
4
Mechanics
relating to or denoting infinitesimal displacements of a point in a system.
5
Physics
denoting particles or interactions with extremely short lifetimes and (owing to the uncertainty principle) indefinitely great energies, postulated as intermediates in some processes.

DERIVATIVES
virtuality
|-jʊˈalɪti |
noun

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