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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIRTUALITY

n.Efficacy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VIRTUALITY

Vir `tu *al "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. virtualité.]

 

1. The quality or state of being virtual.

 

2. Potentiality; efficacy; potential existence. [Obs. ] In one grain of corn, there lieth dormant a virtuality of many other. Sir T. Browne.