Both Uses of
virtual
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- But about the Buddha that exists within analytic thought, and gives that analytic thought its direction, virtually nothing has been said, and there are historic reasons for this.†
Part 1 *virtually = to almost be so, but not so strictly speaking
- Now the legislature had passed a law fining the college eight thousand dollars for every student who failed, virtually an order to pass every student.†
Part 2
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