Definition of Artifact
Artifact
ar·ti·fact
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
An object made or used by humans, often of historical or cultural significance.
e.g. The museum displayed ancient artifacts from the lost city.
(noun)
a product of not-natural (artificial) character in a scientific experiment (or medical test, like an x-ray) due usually to extraneous (such as human) agency; an observation that occurs not related to the experiment or test but secondary, in some way caused by the experiment---like a shadow on an x-ray that requires the tests to be re-done;
e.g. The x-rays were botched, littered with radiographic artifact, and had to be re-done.
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