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Meaning of 'virus'
Meaning of 'virus' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Virus 
[ v. i.]
- Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers,
the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons. [ v. i.]- The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.
- Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books.
Meaning of 'virus' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. virus [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
Example in sentence:
- a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance
Meaning (2):
- a harmful or corrupting agency
- a harmful or corrupting agency
Example in sentence:
- bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread;
- the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone
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