Virtuality

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being virtual; virtualness. uncountable

    "Libraries, whose lifeblood is information, were always likely to be among the first to confront the challenge and opportunity of virtuality"

  2. 2
    A virtual reality environment. countable

    "... uses of direct-manipulation techniques, the creation of virtualities, the use of agents, and the integration of multiple modalities in representations"

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bare possibilitybottomchancecontingencydormancyessence

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"Libraries, whose lifeblood is information, were always likely to be among the first to confront the challenge and opportunity of virtuality"

Etymology

From virtual + -ity.

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