different between virtual vs virtue

English

Alternative forms

• vertual, virtuall (obsolete)
• vertuall (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English vertual, virtual, from Medieval Latin virtu?lis, from virtus (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??t?u?l/, /?v??t??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?t?u?l/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?v??t?u?l/, /?v??t??l/, [?v??t??(l)]
• Hyphenation: vir?tu?al, vir?tual

Adjective

virtual (not comparable)

1. In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.
   • c. 1869, William Fleming, Vocabulary of Philosophy: Moral, Ethical, Metaphysical

     A thing has a virtual existence when it has all the conditions necessary to its actual existence.

   • 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Style (published in Blackwood's Magazine)

     to mask by slight differences in the manner a virtual identity in the substance

2. Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or measurable part; potential.
3. Nearly, almost. (A relatively recent development in meaning)
   • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [1]

     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.

4. Simulated in a computer or online.

5. Operating by computer or in cyberspace; not physically present.

6. (computing, object-oriented programming, of a class member) Capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
7. (physics) Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

Synonyms

• (in effect or essence): de facto

Antonyms

• real

Derived terms

• virtual reality
• virtuality
• virtually

Translations

Noun

virtual (plural virtuals)

1. (computing, programming) A virtual member function of a class.

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin virtu?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /vi?.tu?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bir.tu?al/

Adjective

virtual (masculine and feminine plural virtuals)

1. virtual (in effect or essence, if not in fact or reality)

Derived terms

• virtualitat
• virtualitzar
• virtualment

Further reading

• “virtual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “virtual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “virtual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “virtual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Adjective

virtual

1. Alternative form of vertual

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin virtu?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vir?t?al/

Adjective

virtual

1. virtual

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin virtu?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi?tu?a?/, /vi??twa?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?vi?.tu?aw/, /vi??twaw/

Adjective

virtual m or f (plural virtuais, comparable)

1. virtual (in effect or essence, not in fact or reality)
2. virtual (simulated in a computer)

Derived terms

• virtualidade
• virtualizar
• virtualmente

Further reading

• “virtual” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

From French virtuel

Adjective

virtual m or n (feminine singular virtual?, masculine plural virtuali, feminine and neuter plural virtuale)

1. virtual

Declension

Derived terms

• realitate virtual?

Related terms

• virtualitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin virtu?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi??twal/, [bi??t?wal]
• Hyphenation: vir?tual

Adjective

virtual (plural virtuales)

1. virtual

Derived terms

• realidad virtual
• virtualidad
• virtualmente

Further reading

• “virtual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• vertu, vertuu (obsolete), vertue (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English vertu, virtue, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertu, virtu, from Latin virtus (“manliness, bravery, worth, moral excellence”), from vir (“man”). Doublet of vertu. See virile.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??t?u?/, /-tju?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?t?u/
• Hyphenation: vir?tue

Noun

virtue (countable and uncountable, plural virtues)

1. (uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct. [from 13th c.]
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, XV.1:

     There are a set of religious, or rather moral, writers, who teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery, in this world.
2. A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality. [from 13th c.]
   • 1766, Laurence Sterne, Sermon XLIV:

     Some men are modest, and seem to take pains to hide their virtues; and, from a natural distance and reserve in their tempers, scarce suffer their good qualities to be known […] .

3. Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins. [from 14th c.]
4. An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage. [from 14th c.]
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:

     There were divers other plants, which I had no notion of or understanding about, that might, perhaps, have virtues of their own, which I could not find out.

   • 2011, The Guardian, Letter, 14 Mar 2011

     One virtue of the present coalition government's attack on access to education could be to reopen the questions raised so pertinently by Robinson in the 1960s […] .

5. A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels. [from 14th c.]
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X:

     Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers; / For in possession such, not only of right, / I call ye, and declare ye now […] .

6. (uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity. [from 17th c.]
7. (obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being. [13th–19th c.]
8. The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases). [from 13th c.]
   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:

     There was a virtue in the wave;
     His limbs, that, stiff with toil,
     Dragg’d heavy, from the copious draught receiv’d
     Lightness and supple strength.

   • 2011, "The autumn of the patriarchs", The Economist, 17 Feb 2011:

     many Egyptians still worry that the Brotherhood, by virtue of discipline and experience, would hold an unfair advantage if elections were held too soon.

Synonyms

• douth (obsolete), thew
• See Thesaurus:goodness

Antonyms

• (excellence in morals): vice
• foible

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• aretaic
• paragon

Further reading

• virtue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• virtue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• virtue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Viruet

Middle English

Noun

virtue

1. Alternative form of vertu