Word Finder - artifact

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An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.

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An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.

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Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.

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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.

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The spot on his lung turned out to be an artifact of the X-ray process.

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An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.

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The dig produced many Roman artifacts.

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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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A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or a digital image as a result of applying a lossy compression algorithm.

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This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has unsightly compression artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine.

The prize awaiting at the end is usually a valuable artifact.

This artifact was created during the eighth century in Ireland.

Matthew holding up a decorated pot sherd, his first artifact find on the wreck.

Einstein thinks nothing of breaking into the Vatican to steal an artifact or acquiring other priceless relics via less than reputable sources.

The effectiveness of the pulse artifact subtraction method is demonstrated in this image.

This can be anything, a religious artifact, a pendant, it doesn't matter.

Have you demonstrated your artifact to your supervisor and/or moderator?

You don't need to understand the math in order to appreciate and recognize how beautiful this artifact is.

After a few stages, you'll complete a level and uncover an artifact.

What had aroused such animosity among the revolutionaries to make such a public show of burning this artifact?

There was a momentary discomfort on penetrating the surface tension of the sub-space artifact.

The final voice is a straightforward oral narration that tells the passage of Caterina's heart from a body organ to a historical artifact.

The crazy guy claims that Ned has some old artifact and that he wants it.

Often the story involves the artifact known as the Triforce.

But while Spock had borderline contempt for humans, android Data was the artifact that wanted to be real.

The strange monks said to guard an evil artifact in their mountain fastness?

Control armies and fight the Dark Legions who seek to control the powerful artifact known as the Ancient Heart.

It is this magical artifact that forms the basis for the quest saga, the Lord of the Rings.

In brief, it describes the discovery of an artifact on the moon's surface which is transmitting into space.

Do woodlice show alternation in their natural habitat or is it an artifact of this apparatus?

The currencies are usually denominated in some local artifact or symbol?

Incredibly, Pravda also described an alleged retrieval of an alien artifact during archeological digs in Kiev, near the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

In 2002 they found a flint flake - an undisputed artifact.

The whole artifact is finished with a high gloss acrylic lacquer.

The artifact is then dereferenced by the SP to retrieve the much larger authentication assertion.

Category View category View Category view enables you to choose a specific category to then search for Artifact details.

The quantity and relative centrality of spaces allocated to different countries or classes of artifact also established hierarchies among the exhibits.

Could it be due to an ancient artifact or a magic spell going awry?

There's a pretty sizeable film artifact at around the 7m 50s mark together with some massive digital artifacts.

The artifact captioned as the Maltby brooch is actually a gilt bronze buckle with garnets from East Boldon, Tyne and Wear.

Fight the Dark Legions and prevent them from getting the Ancient Heart, a powerful artifact with evil properties.

Now, you have to make your way to Dodge City to track down this nemesis and find out what this artifact is and does.

Of course, interpretation is a matter of intuition and skill; oddly, Lyra has an affinity to the artifact and seems to know how to operate it instinctively.

You'll also have hell powers now thanks to an artifact you pick up in the beginning of the game, which, as you progress, will grow stronger and thus grant you with new abilities.

For instance, Relics can increase your magic reserve bar, Tarot Cards can give you access to bonus content, and the Dragon's Breath is an artifact that contains shoots out flame continuously when activated.

Well, come wild men, loyal to the crazy guy storm the boat and attempt to take it down, find the artifact and kill Ned.

Trying to locate and recover him, the landing party discovers the Guardian at the Gate of Forever, an artifact that can show them images of the past.

Our hero must discover and secure the Lost Ark of the Covenant, the Old Testament artifact created under the direction of God himself.