Virtual Latin Adjective ˈvɜːtʃuəl ˈvɜːrtʃuəl System Programmers Create

• a system to help programmers create virtual environments
• a virtual classroom/desktop/library
• you can also take a virtual tour of the museum.
• students will have more access to resources and support, both virtual and physical.

virtual

1. made to appear to exist by the use of computer software, for example on the internet
• a system to help programmers create virtual environments
• a virtual classroom/desktop/library
• You can also take a virtual tour of the museum.
• Students will have more access to resources and support, both virtual and physical.
2. almost or very nearly the thing described, so that any slight difference is not important
• The company has a virtual monopoly in this area of trade.
• The economy has come to a virtual standstill.
• He married a virtual stranger.
• The country was sliding into a state of virtual civil war.
• Analysts said the deal was a virtual certainty.
• The stunning battle sequences almost make up for the virtual absence of a plot.
• She was a virtual unknown when he cast her in the film.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (also in the sense ‘possessing certain virtues’): from medieval Latin virtualis, from Latin virtus ‘virtue’, suggested by late Latin virtuosus.