Dictionary
vir•tu•al
Pronunciation: (vûr'chOO-ul), [key]—
adj.
1. being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such:
a virtual dependence on charity.
2. Optics.
a. noting an image formed by the apparent convergence of rays geometrically, but not actually, prolonged, as the image formed by a mirror (opposed to
real).
b. noting a focus of a system forming virtual images.
3. temporarily simulated or extended by computer software:
a virtual disk in RAM; virtual memory on a hard disk. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.