virtuals
- 1Plural of virtual.
The data center hosts thousands of virtuals across its servers.
Engineers spun up several virtuals to test the new software.
Note
A plural that exists only where the noun can be counted. "The virtual," meaning simulation in general, takes no plural. Virtuals are always instances: things simulated on a computer, simulated races or matches offered for betting in gambling, or virtual member functions of a class in programming. The noun is the adjective put to work, so it pluralizes regularly: one virtual, several virtuals.
virtuals is a form of virtual
virtual, noun: Something simulated in a computer or online; computer-generated reality; specifically, in gambling, a computer simulation of a real sport such as horse racing. Full entry
- Forms
- virtualvirtuals plural
- Spelling
- virtual → virtuals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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