noun archaeology An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.noun An object made or shaped by human hand.In experimental science, artifacts may arise due to inadvertant contamination of equipment, faulty experimental design or faulty analysis, or unexpected effects of agencies not known to affect the system under study.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. noun (Technology) an object, oservation, phenomenon, or result arising from hidden or unexpected causes extraneous to the subject of a study, and therefore spurious and having potential to lead one to an erroneous conclusion, or to invalidate the study.noun (Biol.) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.anything produced by natural forces without the intervention of man. noun Any product of human workmanship - applied both to objects made for practical purposes as well as works of art.to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects. noun (Archæol.) A product of human workmanship - applied esp.Not natural, but produced by manipulation, as some microscopic feature in a hardened tissue.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun A phenomenon or feature not originally present or expected and caused by an interfering external agent, action, or process, as an unwanted feature in a microscopic specimen after fixation, in a digitally reproduced image, or in a digital audio recording.noun Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.noun An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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