Virtual vs Imagination - What's the difference?
virtual | imagination |
In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.
* Fleming
* De Quincey
Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or measurable part; potential.
* Francis Bacon
* Milton
Nearly, almost. (A relatively recent corruption of meaning, attributed to misuse in advertising and media. )
* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632463]
Simulated in a computer or online.
Operating by computer or in cyberspace; not physically present.
(computing, object-oriented programming, of a class member) Capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
(physics) Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
The image-making power of the mind; the act of creating or reproducing ideally an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
Creativity; resourcefulness.
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion; an imagining; something imagined.
* 1597 , Francis Bacon, "Of Youth and Age", Essays :
As nouns the difference between virtual and imagination
is that virtual is (computing) in c++, a virtual member function of a class while imagination is imagination (image-making power of the mind).As an adjective virtual
is in effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.virtual
English
(wikipedia virtual)Alternative forms
* vertual (obsolete) * vertuall (qualifier) * virtuall (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- 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.
- A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the conditions necessary to its actual existence.
- to mask by slight differences in the manners a virtual identity in the substance
- Heat and cold have a virtual transition, without communication of substance.
- Every kind that lives, / Fomented by his virtual power, and warmed.
- The angry peasants were a virtual army as they attacked the castle.
- The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.
- The virtual world of his computer game allowed character interaction.
- a virtual''' assistant; a '''virtual personal trainer
Synonyms
* de factoAntonyms
* de jure * legal * realDerived terms
* virtual reality * virtuallyimagination
English
Noun
(en noun)- Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.
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- You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination .
- His imagination makes him a valuable team member.
- And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.