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Word: Virtual
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘possessing certain virtues’): from medieval Latin virtualis, from Latin virtus ‘virtue’, suggested by late Latin virtuosus
ˈvəːtʃʊəl
almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition
Short Definition:almost or nearly as described, but not completely
Examples:- the virtual absence of border controls
not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so
Short Definition:not physically existing as such but made by software
Examples:- virtual images
relating to the points at which rays would meet if produced backwards.
Short Definition:relating to points at which rays would meet if produced backwards
relating to or denoting infinitesimal displacements of a point in a system.
Short Definition:of infinitesimal displacements of point in system
denoting particles or interactions with extremely short lifetimes and (owing to the uncertainty principle) indefinitely great energies, postulated as intermediates in some processes.
Short Definition:denoting particles or interactions with extremely short lifetimes and owing to uncertainty principle indefinitely great energies
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