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cybertown

cybertown noun: the social equivalent of a town on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online community.

Noun

cybertown (plural cybertowns)

  1. The social equivalent of a town on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online community.
    • Unlike the many artificial worlds being built today on the Internet — including elaborate cybertowns with "virtual" apartments — the PlaceHolder reinforces the sense of place with ambient 3-D sound and kinesthetic appropriation.1998, Michael Heim, Virtual Realism, page 70

Forms of cybertown

pluralcybertowns

Origin of cybertown

From cyber- + town.

Questions about cybertown

What does cybertown mean?
Cybertown means the social equivalent of a town on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online community.
What part of speech is cybertown?
Cybertown is a noun.
What is the plural of cybertown?
The plural of cybertown is cybertowns.

Words near cybertown in the dictionary

  1. cybertopians
  2. cybertopias
  3. cybertourism
  4. cybertourist
  5. cybertourists
  6. cybertown
  7. cybertowns
  8. cybertracking
  9. cybertraffic
  10. cybertrail
  11. cybertrails

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