virtual

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vir·tual AW BrE [ˈvɜːtʃuəl] NAmE [ˈvɜːrtʃuəl] adjective only before noun
1. almost or very nearly the thing described, so that any slight difference is not important
•The country was sliding into a state of virtual civil war.
•The company has a virtual monopoly in this area of trade.
•He married a virtual stranger.
2. made to appear to exist by the use of computer software, for example on the Internet
•New technology has enabled development of an online ‘virtual library’.

Word Origin:
[virtual] late Middle English (also in the sense ‘possessing certain virtues’): from medieval Latin virtualis, from Latin virtus ‘virtue’, suggested by late Latin virtuosus.

Example Bank:
•The technology has enabled development of an online virtual library.
•Version 2 of the software includes virtual memory.
•Virtual reality uses computers to create a simulated three-dimensional world.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  virtual(a), practical(a)