Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Artifact"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Artifact \Ar"ti*fact\, n. [L. ars, artis, art + facere, factum,
to make.]
1. (Arch[ae]ol.) A product of human workmanship; -- applied
esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as
distinguished from natural objects.
2. (Biol.) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to
death or the use of reagents and not present during life.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
artifact
n : a man-made object taken as a whole [syn: {artefact}] [ant: {natural
object}]
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