What does Viral mean?

Definitions for Viral
ˈvaɪ rəlvi·ral

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. viraladjective

    relating to or caused by a virus

    "viral infection"

Wiktionary

  1. viralnoun

    A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.

  2. viraladjective

    Of or relating to a biological virus.

    viral DNA

  3. viraladjective

    Caused by a virus.

    viral infection

  4. viraladjective

    Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.

  5. viraladjective

    Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.

  6. Etymology: From the stem of virus with suffix -al.

ChatGPT

  1. viral

    Viral refers to anything that rapidly spreads or gains popularity, particularly through sharing and circulation on digital platforms such as social media. Originally, the term was used in the context of diseases or infections caused by viruses, but with the advent of the internet and social media, it has been commonly used to describe a piece of information, video, image, or meme that becomes extremely popular and is widely spread in a short period of time.

Wikidata

  1. Viral

    Viral is a fictional character from the 2007 tv series Gurren Lagann.

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Anagrams for Viral »

  1. rival

  2. Avril

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Viral in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Viral in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Viral in a Sentence

  1. Sam McConkey:

    The new viral variants are just intrinsically more infectious than the old strains.

  2. Nancy Gordeuk:

    What was captured on the viral video was the tipping point, not the starting point for the frustration of those in attendance, finally, it's just hard for these students to have their milestone moment turn into a nightmare that will live on in perpetuity as they reflect on this special day.

  3. Lydia Callis:

    The reason I was there was to provide access to the deaf community, not to be some sort of parodied viral superstar.

  4. Dennis Santiago:

    In internet space, these techniques can grow rapidly in what is called viral storms, platforms are presently nearly helpless in managing these storms because they propagate outside the business control systems of these companies. This is why companies like Facebook and Twitter have struggled to create newalgorithms to counter nefarious uses of their technology after the fact. They never anticipated this type of misuse of their infrastructure.

  5. Lawrence Young:

    I think that there's so much excitement about this now, and so much excitement about being able to use non-viral approaches to delivering drugs and genes, that it's quite clear that over the next ten years or so, we're going to see more of these therapies, especially in the more difficult to manage tumors.

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