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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

vir·tu·al / ˈvərchoōəl/ • adj. almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition: the virtual absence of border controls. ∎ Comput. not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so: a virtual computer. See also virtual reality. ∎ Optics relating to the points at which rays would meet if produced backward. ∎ 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: vir·tu·al·i·ty / ˌvərchoōˈalitē/ n.

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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

virtual Adjective used to describe an experience or entity which is a simulation of something real: for example, VIRTUAL COMMUNITY and VIRTUAL CORPORATION. As the entries in this dictionary testify, it is a fairly commonly used adjective.

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virtual

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

virtual •denial, dial, espial, Lyall, mistrial, myall, Niall, phial, trial, vial, viol •sundial •knawel, withdrawal •avowal, Baden-Powell, bowel, disembowel, dowel, Howell, Powell, rowel, towel, trowel, vowel •semivowel •bestowal, koel, Lowell, Noel •loyal, royal, viceroyal •accrual, construal, crewel, cruel, dual, duel, fuel, gruel, jewel, newel, renewal, reviewal •eschewal •artefactual (US artifactual), contractual, factual, tactual •perpetual •aspectual, effectual, intellectual •conceptual, perceptual •contextual, textual •habitual, ritual •conflictual • instinctual • spiritual •mutual • punctual • virtual • casual •audio-visual, televisual, visual •usual • gradual • individual •menstrual • actual •asexual, bisexual, heterosexual, homosexual, psychosexual, sexual, transsexual, unisexual •accentual, conventual, eventual •Samuel •annual, biannual, Emanuel, Emmanuel, manual •Lemuel •consensual, sensual •continual

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