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Artefact (noun)
alternative form of artifact
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Artifact (noun)
An object made or shaped by human hand.
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Artifact (noun)
An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
“The dig produced many Roman artifacts.”
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Artifact (noun)
Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
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Artifact (noun)
A structure or finding 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.
“The spot on his lung turned out to be an artifact of the X-ray process.”
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Artifact (noun)
A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
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Artifact (noun)
An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
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Artifact (noun)
A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result of applying a lossy compression algorithm.
“This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has too many unsightly compression artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine.”