All 4 Uses of
virtual
in
Nineteen Minutes
- The crime rate is virtually nonexistent.†
Chpt 2 *virtually = to almost be so, but not so strictly speaking
- It struck him, as he was turning virtual corners, that he'd walked this map before.†
Chpt 1
- Patrick watched a virtual door fly open.†
Chpt 1
- This time, though, he raised his virtual machine gun and watched the officers fall in a spray of bright blood.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(virtual as in: virtual organization) to almost be something; or to effectively be something without entirely being it in a traditional sense
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(2)
(virtual as in: computer's virtual world) something simulated by a computer
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus