Word.ws English Dictionary

virtual fencing

virtual fencing noun: the use of technology to create non-physical barriers that influence or restrict the movement of animals without the need for conventional physical fences.

Noun

virtual fencing (plural virtual fencings)

  1. (wildlife management) The use of technology to create non-physical barriers that influence or restrict the movement of animals without the need for conventional physical fences.
    • The farm uses virtual fencing to manage cattle grazing across large paddocks.
    • Roadside virtual fencing systems activate lights and sounds to deter wildlife from entering the road as vehicles approach.

Forms of virtual fencing

pluralvirtual fencings

Origin of virtual fencing

virtual + fencing. The term is derived from virtual and fencing, referring to the use of non-physical or digitally defined boundaries in place of physical fences.

Questions about virtual fencing

What does virtual fencing mean?
Virtual fencing means the use of technology to create non-physical barriers that influence or restrict the movement of animals without the need for conventional physical fences.
What part of speech is virtual fencing?
Virtual fencing is a noun.
What is the plural of virtual fencing?
The plural of virtual fencing is virtual fencings.

Words near virtual fencing in the dictionary

  1. virtual disk
  2. virtual disks
  3. virtual drive
  4. virtual drives
  5. virtual duet
  6. virtual fencing
  7. virtual foci
  8. virtual focus
  9. virtual focuses
  10. virtual focusses
  11. virtual Friday

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: virtual fencing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “virtual fencing.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/virtual_fencing. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.