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artifact
Any portable object manufactured or used by humans.
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Archeology, Archaeology +
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“artifact”
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."
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."
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art-, arti- +
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fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
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