Virtual

Adjective

 * 1) In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.
 * In fact a defeat on the battlefield, Tet was a virtual victory for the North, owing to its effect on public opinion.
 * Virtual addressing allows applications to believe that there is much more physical memory than actually exists.
 * 1) Nearly, almost.  (A relatively recent corruption of meaning, attributed to misuse in advertising and media.)
 * The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.
 * 1) Of something that is simulated in a computer or on-line.
 * The virtual world of his computer game allowed character interaction.
 * 1)  In object-oriented programming, capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
 * 2) Related to technology.
 * virtual communication

Synonyms

 * de facto

Antonyms

 * de jure
 * legal
 * real

Derived terms

 * virtual reality
 * virtually

Noun

 * 1)  In C++, a virtual member function of a class.

Thesaurus
accepted, basic, between the lines, constructive, covert, cryptic, delitescent, dormant, effective, esoteric, essential, fundamental, hibernating, hidden, latent, lurking, muffled, mystic, obfuscated, obscured, occult, possible, potential, practical, sleeping, submerged, under the surface, underlying, understood, unmanifested, veiled

Etymology
From virtualis: from virtus:.

Adjective

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 * Hebrew: מציאות
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 * Japanese: 事実上の
 * Latin: virtualis
 * Persian: (majāzī)
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: виртуальный (virtuál’nyj)
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: sanal
 * Ukrainian: віртуальный (virtuál’nyj)


 * Bengali: ভার্চুয়াল
 * Catalan: virtual
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 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 仮想の


 * Catalan: virtual


 * Japanese: ほとんど


 * Catalan: virtual


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Adjective

 * 1) virtual

Adjective

 * 1) virtual