virtuality

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English

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Etymology

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From virtual +‎ -ity.

Noun

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virtuality (countable and uncountable, plural virtualities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being virtual; virtualness.
    • 1996, Frederick F. Reichheld with Scott D. Cook, The quest for loyalty: creating value through partnership, page 32:
      Libraries, whose lifeblood is information, were always likely to be among the first to confront the challenge and opportunity of virtuality
  2. (countable) A virtual reality environment.
    • 1991, Brenda Laurel, Computers as theatre, page 167:
      ... uses of direct-manipulation techniques, the creation of virtualities, the use of agents, and the integration of multiple modalities in representations