it's a virtual impossibility

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• virtual — [vʉr′cho͞o əl] adj. [ME vertual < ML virtualis < L virtus, strength, VIRTUE] 1. being such practically or in effect, although not in actual fact or name [a virtual impossibility] 2. Comput. a) designating or of a kind of MEMORY (sense 8 b)… …   English World dictionary

• virtual — vir|tu|al [ vɜrtʃuəl ] adjective ** 1. ) almost the same as the thing that is mentioned: The company had created a virtual monopoly. It s a virtual impossibility. Business has come to a virtual standstill. The servants rarely leave the house and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• virtual — vir|tu|al [ˈvə:tʃuəl US ˈvə:r ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: virtualis having certain qualities or powers , from Latin virtus; VIRTUE] 1.) very nearly a particular thing ▪ Car ownership is a virtual necessity …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• virtual — [ˈvɜːtʃʊəl] adj 1) very close to a particular condition, quality etc Over the years they had become virtual strangers.[/ex] It s a virtual impossibility.[/ex] 2) computing created or shown by computers, or existing on computers or on the Internet …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• virtual —    by William Pawlett   The virtual is an important term in Baudrillard s later work, used frequently as a noun and also as an adjective in his notions of virtual events, virtual war and virtual power. The most important dimensions of the virtual …   The Baudrillard dictionary

• virtual — adjective 1 virtual peace/darkness/destruction etc something that is so nearly complete peace etc that any difference is unimportant: We have achieved virtual perfection in sound reproduction. | be a virtual certainty/impossibility etc (=be… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Other Losses — Other Losses: An Investigation into the Mass Deaths of German Prisoners at the Hands of the French and Americans after World War II   Author(s) …   Wikipedia

• impossible — adjective 1 CAN T BE DONE something that is impossible cannot happen or be done: Further research is impossible without more money. | This crossword s absolutely impossible! | Impossible! It can t be true. | find it impossible to do sth: Members… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Swiss mercenaries — were soldiers notable for their service in foreign armies, especially the armies of the Kings of France, throughout the Early Modern period of European history, from the Later Middle Ages into the Age of the European Enlightenment. Their service… …   Wikipedia

• Workhouse — Former workhouse in Nantwich, dating from 1780 In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a …   Wikipedia

• Plata, Río de la — Estuary of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, between Uruguay and Argentina. It is about 170 mi (275 km) long, with a maximum width at its mouth of about 140 mi (220 km); at Montevideo it is about 60 mi (97 km) wide but narrows gradually to the… …   Universalium