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Definitions for Artifact

[1] any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.
[2] a handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
[3] any mass-produced, usually inexpensive object reflecting contemporary society or popular culture: artifacts of the pop rock generation.
[4] a substance or structure not naturally present in the matter being observed but formed by artificial means, as during preparation of a microscope slide.
[5] a spurious observation or result arising from preparatory or investigative procedures.
[6] any feature that is not naturally present but is a product of an extrinsic agent, method, or the like: statistical artifacts that make the inflation rate seem greater than it is.
[7] a variant spelling of artefact

Words related to Artifact

commodity, profit, brand, work, amount, crop, production, fruit, produce, device, output, merchandise, stock, antique, evidence, keepsake, remains, antiquity, fragment, remnant

Words nearby Artifact

articulator, articulatory feature, articulatory loop, articulatory phonetics, artie, artifact, artifacting, artifactitious, artifice, artificer, artificial

Origin of Artifact

1815–25; variant of artefact < Latin phrase arte factum (something) made with skill. See art1, fact

Other words from Artifact

ar·ti·fac·tu·al [ahr-tuh -fak -choo-uh  l] /ˌɑr təˈfæk tʃu əl/ , adjective
ar′ti•fac•ti′ tious (-făk-tĭsh′ əs ) null adj.

Synonyms for Artifact

amount, brand, commodity, crop, device, fruit, merchandise, output, produce, production, profit, stock, work, aftermath, blend, brew, by-product, compound, concoction, confection, consequence, contrivance, creation, decoction, effect, emolument, fabrication, gain, handiwork, invention, issue, legacy, line, manufacture, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, preparation, realization, result, returns, synthetic, upshot, yield, spinoff