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artifact
[ ahr-tuh-fakt ]
noun
- any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.
- 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.
- any mass-produced, usually inexpensive object reflecting contemporary society or popular culture:
artifacts of the pop rock generation.
- a substance or structure not naturally present in the matter being observed but formed by artificial means, as during preparation of a microscope slide.
- a spurious observation or result arising from preparatory or investigative procedures.
- 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.
- Digital Technology. a visible or audible anomaly introduced in the processing or transmission of digital data: Ghosting artifacts in an MRI are usually the result of patient movement during a scan.
Your computer might need a new graphics card if you see green pixels where you should not, or other graphics artifacts.
Ghosting artifacts in an MRI are usually the result of patient movement during a scan.
verb (used with object)
- Digital Technology. to introduce a visible or audible anomaly in (an image or audio file) during the processing or transmission of digital data: The video appears to be heavily artifacted.
Compression may artifact your recording with clicking or echoing sounds.
The video appears to be heavily artifacted.
artifact
/ ˈɑ˳Ùɪˌ´Úæ°ì³Ù /
noun
- a variant spelling of artefact
artifact
/ ä°ù′³ÙÉ™-´Úă°ì³Ù′ /
- An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.
- An artificial product or effect observed in a natural system, especially one introduced by the technology used in scientific investigation or by experimental error.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹°ù·³Ù¾±Â·´Ú²¹³¦Â·³Ù³Ü·²¹±ô [ahr-t, uh, -, fak, -choo-, uh, l], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Although average life expectancy at birth was about 64 in that era, that was an artifact of infant and child mortality.
Historical artifacts fill the walls of the record store, including plaques and awards from various record labels and photos of artists like Rick James, the Jacksons and Donna Summer who visited the shop.
When visiting a museum in Sitka, the guide called all of the Alaskan Native artifacts “materials from curiosity collectors.â€
The play, which premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in 2022, brings audiences viscerally into the gumshoe work of archivists and researchers who authenticate, clarify and preserve artifacts of history.
As the early decades of car culture and roadside design begin to shrink in the rear-view mirror, historians and preservationists say public officials are increasingly wrestling with the question of which artifacts to protect.
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