artifact
n. tool; object; man made object (often referring to primitive tools) | ||||
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Artifact Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
artifact
Noun
1. a man-made object taken as a whole
(synonym) artefact
(antonym) natural object
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) article
Noun
1. a man-made object taken as a whole
(synonym) artefact
(antonym) natural object
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) article
| hEnglish - advanced version |
artifact
artifact
\ar"ti*fact\ (?), n. [l. ars, artis, art + facere, factum, to make.]
1. (arch?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.
artifact
\ar"ti*fact\ (?), n. [l. ars, artis, art + facere, factum, to make.]
1. (arch?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.
Artifact Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| President's DNA Initiative Glossary |
Artifact
Any non-allelic product of the amplification process (Stutter or Minus A) or anomaly of the detection process (Pull-up or Spike).
Any non-allelic product of the amplification process (Stutter or Minus A) or anomaly of the detection process (Pull-up or Spike).
Artifact Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Aids Glossary |
artifact
an "accidental" result or outcome that does to reflect reality, often due to an extraneous factor.
an "accidental" result or outcome that does to reflect reality, often due to an extraneous factor.
Artifact Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Television and Video Glossary |
Artifact
In video, refers to something present in the reproduced image, notably crawling dots, rainbow swirls, and color contamination, and that was not present in the original picture or scene. Artifacts are the result of imperfect capture, processing, transmission, storage, and/or decoding of the video signal.
In video, refers to something present in the reproduced image, notably crawling dots, rainbow swirls, and color contamination, and that was not present in the original picture or scene. Artifacts are the result of imperfect capture, processing, transmission, storage, and/or decoding of the video signal.
| Steve's Digicams Digital Camera Dictionary |
Artifact(ing)
Misinterpreted information from a JPEG or compressed image. Color faults or line faults that visibly impact the image negatively.
Misinterpreted information from a JPEG or compressed image. Color faults or line faults that visibly impact the image negatively.
| Digital Imaging, Pre-Press & Desktop Publishing |
Artifact
any artificial glitch or blemish inadvertently created in or by the digital process.
any artificial glitch or blemish inadvertently created in or by the digital process.
Artifact Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Artifact
An artifact or artefact (see also spelling differences) is:
- A human-made object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, especially those of archaeological or historical interest.
- A human-made object that is a prototype or standard of measurement.
- A structure or feature, visible only as a result of external action or experimental error. Also known as disturbance in biopotential signals.
- Artefact is a fulltext information retrieval system capable of searching through databases containing documents written in a natural language
- Artifact (archaeology), any object made or modified by a human culture, and later recovered by an archaeological endeavor
- Artifact (computer game), an online multiplayer video game
- Artifact (GBA game), a strategy game for the Game Boy Advance
- Artifact (fantasy), in the fantasy genre, is usually a magical object so powerful that it cannot be duplicated or destroyed by ordinary means
- Artifact (medical imaging), misrepresentations of tissue structures seen in medical images
- Artifact (observational), any perceived distortion or other data error caused by the instrument of observation
- Artifact (software development), product documentation like requirements, design, test plans of a software application
- Artifacts (album) is a tribal ambient music album by the American artist Steve Roach
- Artifakts (bc), a minimal techno album by Canadian artist Plastikman
- Compression artifact, data compression artifact in computer science, resulting from lossy data compression
- Cultural artifact, a human-made object which gives information about the culture of its creator and users
- Digital artifact, a visible defect in a digital photo or video picture
- Iatrogenic artifact, a disease made up by doctors
- Social artifact, a product of individuals or groups (social beings) or of their social behavior
- Sonic artifact, in sound and music production, sonic material that is accidental or unwanted, resulting from the editing of another sound
- The Artifact is a weapon from Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
- Virtual artifact, objects in the digital environment
- Artifacts (Band), Hip-Hop Duo from New Jersey
- Artefact (band) black metal band from France
- Artifact (band) Gothic metal band from Norway
- Artifact, an object responsible for creating a Tangent Universe as described in the fictional book The Philosophy of Time Travel from the film Donnie Darko.
- The Artifact (Eureka), a fictional object appearing in the TV series Eureka (TV series).
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