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What does virtual mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word virtual? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. In effect or essence, if not in fact or reality; imitated, simulated.
  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 corruption of meaning, attributed to misuse in advertising and media.)
  4. Simulated in a computer or online.
  5. Operating by computer or in cyberspace; not physically present.
  6. (computing) 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.
Noun
  1. (computing) A virtual member function of a class.
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