artifact n : a man-made object taken as a whole [syn: artefact] [ant: natural object}]

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.

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