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artifact
Any portable object manufactured or used by humans.
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Word Entries at Word Info: “artifact
artifact (s) (noun), artifacts (pl)
1. An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.
2. Something that appears to exist because of the way an object or data is examined; for example, a form of behavior that is indicated by a behavioral test.
3. A structure or feature not normally present but visible as a result of an external agent or action; such as, one seen in a microscopic specimen after fixation, or in an image produced by radiology or electrocardiography.
4. An inaccurate observation, effect, or result; especially, one resulting from the technology used in scientific investigation or from an experimental error: "The pattern in the data which was presented was an artifact of the way it was collected."