In other words, the Hebrew word compresses the story of Creation into the three root letter ( a-d-m): God creates man from the earth, a being of flesh and blood. Where did that word come from? Why do those three letters come to mean so elemental a word as man? In Hebrew, the word for “man” – adam – is not only the name of the first man, but also embraces meanings or is related to words for “earth” (Adam was formed from the earth), “blood,” “red,” and more. You want to dig deeper beneath the Roman ruins to find the original image or metaphor that is imbedded in the ancient root of the word. But if you’re a Derrida-inspired etymologist like me, you’re not content with a mere 2000-year-old source. We shouldn’t be surprised that, when we dig deeper, we find its even more ancient root, vir, means man. Rely more on valor than on artifice and stratagem. Julius Caesar in Book I of The Gallic Wars, his macho historical narrative, advises that we should In ancient Rome, virtus meant “valor” or “courage” on the field of battle. Virtual has an interesting history as far as etymologies go. I think we can do that by looking at the curious history of the word virtual itself. Since we’ve made a trillion-dollar bet on it, wouldn’t it b e valuable to know what we mean when we use it? What deep human urge does it promise to fulfill? What itch is it scratching? Perhaps, armed with that deeper understanding, we may even be able to predict where it’s going. We’re saying it is “almost really” real, or virtually real – a beautiful oxymoron, and more or less accurate, depending on how cool your hookup gear and the simulations inside are. “It’s just about almost perfectly completely and for all intents and purposes as effectively true as truth … but not essentially, really true.”Īnd when we call it virtual reality, we mean a technology meant to fool you into thinking you’re experiencing something you’re not. 3 virtual document/companion etc COMPUTING a document etc that exists on a computer rather than in physical form Buying an air ticket involves the creation of several virtual documents.Chasing virtual reality, what we used to call cyberspace, has spawned a multi-trillion dollar worldwide industry, which makes it a pretty sexy phrase, right? But do we really know what we mean when we use it? In normal conversation today, when we say something is virtually true we’re saying something like,
#Virtual meaning software
2 virtual office/library/classroom etc COMPUTING computer software that gives you the experience of being in a place, or allows you to do the things that you would do in a real office, library etc In a virtual library, people can explore information resources from their desks. Trading activity reached a virtual standstill.
From Longman Business Dictionary virtual vir‧tu‧al / ˈvɜːtʃuəlˈvɜːr- / adjective 1 a virtual monopoly, ban, takeover etc is so nearly a complete monopoly, ban etc that any difference is unimportant They enjoy a virtual monopoly in sales of pickup trucks. The two countries are locked in a virtual state of war.
The days of virtual 3-D chess are some way off yet.constructing virtual worlds ► see thesaurus at artificial Examples from the Corpus virtual 2 ALMOST made, done, seen etc on the Internet or on a computer, rather than in the real world The website allows you to take a virtual tour of the art gallery. Finding a cheap place to rent is a virtual impossibility in this area. ○ AWL adjective 1 ALMOST very nearly a particular thing Car ownership is a virtual necessity when you live in the country.Virtually From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Computers virtual vir‧tu‧al / ˈvɜːtʃuəl $ ˈvɜːr- /
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