virtual.

1. Created or represented through computing rather than physically present in the stated setting.

2. Existing in effect or nearly completely, though not literally or officially.

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Words that belong together

• virtual environment
• virtual reality

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The virtual environment reproduced the abandoned station.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.