artifacts
noun
Meaning
- An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
- An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
- Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.
- A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.
- An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
- An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
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