English-Dutch translations for virtual

• virtueel
  Het mag geen virtueel pakket blijven, maar het moet wel redelijk zijn. The package must not remain virtual but must be fair.
  Dit fonds is feitelijk virtueel, want er zit nog niets in. This fund is, to all intents and purposes, virtual, for it is still empty.
  De marge waarvoor wij ons donderdag uitspreken is reëel, en niet virtueel. Thursday’s vote will be on a real margin, not on a virtual one.

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