Definition: 1. Being actually such in almost every respect. 2. Being such in essence or effect though not in actual fact.
Use 'virtual' in a sentence:
1. But the chances are against it, and there is a virtual limit on how long we Can hope to remain alive, however lucky and robust we are.
2. I think we're a long way away from having virtual beings that have the ability to pre-sell content.
3. The brain behaves as if it were playing a virtual reality video game.
4. The US government didn't invest money in the virtual reality technology.
5. Finding a parking space in the summer months is still a virtual impossibility.
6. He kept his daughters in virtual purdah.
7. Bigamy includes two situation, one is legal bigamy and the other is virtual bigamy.
8. The unoccupied orbital are called virtual orbitals.
9. Soon the wearer of a virtual reality headset will be able to be 'present' at sporting or theatrical events staged thousands of miles away.
10. Earlier this year, everything was coming up roses for them. Their 'Going Blank Again' album was selling well, and their British tour was a virtual sell-out.
11. They trained 99 volunteers to complete a virtual maze as quickly as possible.
12. Students can hardly balance real and virtual life.
13. The best uses of 3D printers and virtual reality haven't been invented yet.
14. Although Satava's vision may be years away from standard operating procedure, scientists are progressing toward virtual reality surgery.
15. This is a virtual certainty.
16. The application of virtual reality technology now is widely used in our life.
17. Why, experts wail, so many people are willing to waste their lives in the virtual world to solve meaningless puzzles?
18. BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the "real" and not the virtual.
19. This is partly because of the risk that viewers find virtual humans scary.
20. So far, my doodle is as static as the virtual paper it's sitting on.
21. Argentina came to a virtual standstill while the game was being played.
22. He claimed to be a virtual prisoner in his own home.
23. The party faces virtual wipeout in the election.
24. They scanned the brains of 40 teens and adults who were playing a virtual driving game designed to test whether players would brake at a yellow light or speed on through the crossroad.
25. It is still easy to be dazzled by the display of drones, 3D printers, virtual reality goggles and more "smart" devices than you could ever hope to catalog.
26. "With virtual reality we'll be able to put a surgeon in every trench," said Satava.
27. With the evolution of virtual reality technology, tourism will increasingly become a combination of physical and virtual worlds.
28. The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn't know she was a computer.
29. As this year's crop of internet-security breaches shows, virtual pastures are just as prone to it as the grassy sort.
30. This is a virtual shopping centre offering visitors entry to a clutch of well-known etailers without going to their different websites.
31. She is afraid to go out and has become a virtual prisoner in her own home.
32. His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.
33. Journalists said there was a virtual news blackout about the rally.
34. Over the years, he's picked off his competitors so that he now has a virtual monopoly.
35. The Eiffel Tower is a wonderful way of showing the degree to which the vertical axis is virtual.
36. Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.
37. Jaron Lanier coined the term "virtual reality" and pioneered its early development.
38. Soon the wearer of a virtual reality headset will be able to be "present" at sporting or theatrical events staged thousands of miles away.
39. One day virtual reality will revolutionize the entertainment industry.
40. Up to four players can compete in a virtual world of role playing.
41. When the virtual trees are big enough, Ant Forest will plant real trees somewhere in the world.
42. Student tutors feel upset when their teachable agents fail, but happy when these virtual pupils succeed as they derive pride and satisfaction from someone else's accomplishment.
43. Jaron Lanier coined the term 'virtual reality' and pioneered its early development.
44. He married a virtual stranger.
45. They begin to isolate themselves from society and live with their virtual friends.
46. This is a virtual keyboard with laser impressions on any table or other surface.
47. One company had a virtual lock on all orange juice sales in the state.
48. You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to improve your shopping experience.
49. The virtual work of the reader does not involve surprise, does not involve the violation of expectations.
50. New technology has enabled development of an online 'virtual library'.
51. The country was sliding into a state of virtual civil war.
52. At first, the virtual assistant wasn't too great.
53. The company has a virtual monopoly in this area of trade.
54. This device helps make virtual reality a more usable and accessible technology.