English-Danish translations for virtual

• virtuel
  Retsstatsprincippet skal også gælde i den virtuelle verden. The rule of law must also apply in the virtual world.
  Behandlingen indeholder en slags virtuel version af EU's budget. The reading contains a kind of virtual version of the EU budget.
  Det er ædle erklæringer, men de skaber af og til virtuel virkelighed. They are noble declarations, but they sometimes create virtual reality.

Definition of virtual

• In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated
• Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or measurable part; potential
• Nearly, almost. (''A relatively recent development in meaning''
• Simulated in a computer or online
• Operating by computer or in cyberspace; not physically present
• Capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass
• A virtual member function of a class

Examples

• In fact a defeat on the battlefield, Tet was a virtual victory for the North, owing to its effect on public opinion.
• Virtual addressing allows applications to believe that there is much more physical memory than actually exists.
• The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.
• The virtual world of his computer game allowed character interaction.
• a virtual assistant; a virtual personal trainer

Related words

• virtually
• virtualize
• virtualization
• paravirtualization
• virtualisation
• virtuality
• virtual reality
• virtual machine
• virtual memory