artifact
/ˈɑːtɪfækt/
An object made or shaped by human hand or labor; An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin; Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element; An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation
- plural
- artifacts
Meanings
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An object made or shaped by human hand or labor
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An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin
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Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element
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An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation
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Any object in the collection of a museum. May be used sensu stricto only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made
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A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental errorrare
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A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.; An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during liferare
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A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.; A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or an image as a result of applying a lossy compression or other inexact processing algorithm or of physical interference in an acquisition processrare
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An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.; A powerful weapon, armor or another object, often with magical propertiesrare