virtualimage
nounUK /ˈvɜːtʃuəl ˈɪmɪdʒ/
US /ˈvɜːrtʃuəl ˈɪmɪdʒ/
A virtual image is a picture that looks real but is not really there.
When you look in a mirror, you see a virtual image of yourself.
RELATED WORDS
OTHER MEANINGS
2. An image formed by rays that appear to come from a point but do not actually pass through it.
A flat mirror produces a virtual image behind the glass.
3. A computer-generated picture that exists only in digital form.
The game creates a virtual image of a dragon on the screen.
4. Something that seems to exist but has no physical reality.
The oasis in the desert was just a virtual image caused by heat.