Definition of Virtual

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Virtual

Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.

Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.

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Virtual Quotations

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.
James D. Watson

How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?
Michael Ignatieff

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.
Thornton Wilder

The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.
Vin Diesel

We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.
Michael Crichton

They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival.
Jeremy Rifkin

I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.
Jonathan Lethem

The park achieved a kind of reality. Like these virtual reality games the children are playing with. I told them we were doing this 40 years ago! Disneyland is virtual reality.
John Hench

Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once temporary tax remains and costs American taxpayers, our small businesses and families almost $6 billion dollars a year.
Mike Fitzpatrick

These sites have torn down the geographical divide that once prevented long distance social relationships from forming, allowing instant communication and connections to take place and a virtual second life to take hold for its users.
Mike Fitzpatrick

Virtual Translations

virtual in Dutch is virtueel
virtual in Italian is virtuale
virtual in Swedish is virtuell

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