virgin (redirected from Virgo the Virgin)

virgin

1. an unmarried woman who has taken a religious vow of chastity in order to dedicate herself totally to God

2. any female animal that has never mated

3. a female insect that produces offspring by parthenogenesis

4. (of vegetable oils) obtained directly by the first pressing of fruits, leaves, or seeds of plants without applying heat

5. (of a metal) made from an ore rather than from scrap

6. Physics (of a neutron) not having experienced a collision

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Virgin¹

1. the. See Virgin Mary

2. a statue or other artistic representation of the Virgin Mary

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Virgin²

the. the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac

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virgin [′vər·jən]

(chemical engineering)

straight-run

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Virgin [′vər·jən]

(astronomy)

Virgo

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virgin - Unused; pristine; in a known initial state. "Let's bring up a virgin system and see if it crashes again." (Especially useful after contracting a virus through SEX.) Also, by extension, buffers and the like within a program that have not yet been used.