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ar·te·fact

   [ahr-tuh-fakt]
noun
artifact.
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  • Without sympathy for the suffering and happiness of others, the artefact of justice cannot be maintained.
  • The schedule is an artefact of the state's agrarian days, and it leaves little time for tackling the.
  • Thus, all meaning is reduced to an artefact of language.
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artefact or artifact (ˈɑːtɪˌfækt)
 
—n
1.  something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, esp an object of archaeological interest
2.  anything man-made, such as a spurious experimental result
3.  cytology a structure seen in tissue after death, fixation, staining, etc, that is not normally present in the living tissue
 
[C19: from Latin phrase arte factum, from ars skill + facere to make]
 
artifact or artifact
 
—n
 
[C19: from Latin phrase arte factum, from ars skill + facere to make]

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artefact
alt. spelling of artifact (q.v.).
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artefact ar·te·fact (är'tə-fākt')
n.
Variant of artifact.

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artifact also artefact   (är'tə-fākt')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.

  2. An artificial product or effect observed in a natural system, especially one introduced by the technology used in scientific investigation or by experimental error.


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