virtual

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.

   “In fact a defeat on the battlefield, Tet was a virtual victory for the North, owing to its effect on public opinion.”

2. sıfat For practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.

   “The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.”

3. sıfat Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.

   “a virtual assistant    a virtual personal trainer”

4. sıfat Simulated in a computer and/or online.

   “virtual machine    virtual memory    virtual private network”

5. sıfat Of a class member: capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
6. sıfat Pertaining to a theoretical infinitesimal velocity in a mechanical system that does not violate the system's constraints; also, of other physical quantities: resulting from such a velocity.

   “virtual displacement    virtual work”

7. sıfat Pertaining to a theoretical quality of something which would produce an observable effect if counteracting factors such as friction are disregarded; specifically, of a head of water: producing a certain pressure if friction, etc., is disregarded.
8. sıfat Chiefly in virtual focus: of a focus or point: from which light or other radiation apparently emanates; also, of an image: produced by light that appears to diverge from a point beyond the reflecting or refracting surface.
9. sıfat Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
10. sıfat Of a quantum state: having an intermediate, short-lived, and unobservable nature.
11. sıfat Having efficacy or power due to some natural qualities.

    “[H]is ſenſes flame / Flovv'd from his parts, vvith force ſo virtuall, / It fir'd vvith ſence things meere inſenſuall.”

12. sıfat Of a plant or other thing: having strong healing powers; virtuous.
13. sıfat Having the power of acting without the agency of some material or measurable thing; possessing invisible efficacy.

    “VVater, being contiguous vvith Aire, Cooleth it, but Moiſteneth it not, except it Vapour. The Cauſe is, for that Heat, and Cold haue a Virtuall Tranſition, vvithout Communication of Subſtance; but Moiſture not: […]”

14. sıfat Producing, or able to produce, some result; effective, efficacious.
15. sıfat Synonym of virtuous (“full of virtue; having excellent moral character”).

    “The moſt in ſoule deiected; the moſt baſe, / And moſt vnſeruiceable weede, vnles / You by your heauenly Influence change his vilenes / Into a vertuall habit fit for vſe.”

16. isim Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this.
17. isim That which is simulated in a computer and/or online; virtual reality; (countable) an instance of this; specifically (gambling), a computer simulation of a real-world sport such as horse racing.
18. isim A virtual (adjective sense 3.3) member function of a class.