Usually means: Temporary, unobservable mediator of forces.
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  1. virtual particle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. virtual particle: Wiktionary
  3. virtual particle: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. virtual particle: Dictionary.com
  5. Virtual particle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. virtual particle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. virtual particle: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virtual Particle: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Virtual Particle: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (virtual particle)

noun:  (physics) a particle that exists for a limited time and space, introducing uncertainty in their energy and momentum

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