Word Finder - artifacts

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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 church was a hallowed place because of the sacred artifacts.

The limestone and marble foyer was lined with artifacts, a sign of Tamer's passion for all things ancient.

They have an excellent museum artifacts from the city.

By collecting artifacts from the past, the museum gives shape to history.

Artifacts found within the house, such as Samian pottery, jewelry and games suggest that the occupants had a high standard of living.

You'll only have one shot to take most of the pictures and gather artifacts from the different locations you visit.

The museum boasts some 50,000 Mark Twain artifacts on display.

Claims for the restitution of land, cultural artifacts and even cultural knowledge are now common-place from Canada to Nicaragua to Australia.

Science develops artifacts [technologies] in ways that are separable from society.

The high walls are the perfect showcase for the Abbey Artifacts Gallery, founded by Richard 's wife Karen in 1997.

Once soil and artifacts have been excavated, we have a team who sieve the soil in order to retrieve finds.

Americana wall hanging is an expansive idiom that refers to decorative artifacts encompassing the culture of the United States of America.

No more fighting for a high score, this time you get rewarded in the form of items, special artifacts, and new enemies to vanquish.

Along the way you'll uncover buried artifacts and solve puzzles that I guess maybe the Mayans left sitting out in the open.

Bounty hunters from nearby worlds have also decoded the messages and are here gathering artifacts in an effort to unlock the secret weapon.

Rather than hunt items on one planet, Samus must travel across several planets to find artifacts and hunt down her prey.

You explore various areas, defeat enemies, recover artifacts, etc; You start off with two tables and you can unlock more as you progress through the game.

On top of that, he stole the Shine Sprites, the artifacts that make Isle Delfino a paradise, and even kidnapped Princess Peach!

After that, it was all about finding artifacts and continuing her father's legacy.

Badlands museum displays wildlife dioramas and artifacts from Plains Indians.

See pictures, artifacts and read stories about passengers.

Through records and artifacts, there is more understanding about how the Japanese used origami.

One of the most enduring artifacts of the Pokemon mythos are the action figures depicting some of children's favorite Pokemon trainers, villains, and cuddly Pokemon themselves.

They are not vulnerable to religious artifacts, such as the cross or holy water that can be used against vampires.

Someone on the dig team wants to steal valuable artifacts and smuggle them to the United States to sell on the black market.

I have used it for archiving data much like one would preserve tangible artifacts.

They want Ramon to keep an eye on the black market in stolen artifacts.

The British Museum is apparently lending some of its Egyptian artifacts for display in Cairo for 6 months.

Cleadon The earliest recorded evidence of human activity at Cleadon is provided by prehistoric flint artifacts (HER 883 ).

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

Most DVDs exhibit few visible MPEG compression artifacts on a properly configured system.

There are also low levels of digital noise reduction artifacts present.

By now the artifacts are starting to become somewhat blurred.

The flint artifacts found in the ancient river gravels are frequently rolled, battered, and stained brown by iron oxides.

Artifacts from former missionary society museum collections are to be found in a number of museums together with associated documentation.

Most of the studied artifacts are of spotted dolerite, a small number being unspotted dolerite.

Erosional processes have transported small soil particles downslope, while larger rocks and artifacts remained at or near the top of the knoll.

A number of treasure seekers are soon in the area, diving in search of precious artifacts from a bygone era.

For the most popular artifacts such as ceramic color standards and neutral density filters, streamlined procedures give a fast turn-around.

Four thousand artifacts were also stolen from regional museums, some by organized smuggling rackets.

If you can obtain some authentic or replica artifacts from one of the Mediterranean countries, you can mix these with more modern accent pieces for a well blended Mediterranean home design.

Add transparent pockets or envelopes if you have small artifacts from the trip that you don't want to adhere to the page.

Whether you're viewing artifacts of popular culture in the Smithsonian or feeling the pride at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery, your experience in Washington DC is not something you will soon forget.

The main dining rooms even incorporate original artifacts from those ships.

The sailings travel the Nile River and include voyages through the Kingdom of Pharaohs, explorations of King Tutankhamen's artifacts and views of the Sphinx.

These cruises also include guided sightseeing tours of Cairo, home to the Egyptian Museum, which boasts many ancient artifacts from this area of the world.

This is a very cherished and unique collection based upon pieces from the Roman Vatican Library Collection of artifacts.

The 1928 Jewelry Company holds a licensing agreement with the Roman Vatican Library, granting the company access to certain historically significant jewelry pieces and other related artifacts.

The licensing contract grants the company the right to re-create various interpretations of these religious artifacts for their Christian product line, which also features bookmarks, key chains and rosary boxes.

There are also healing, damage prevention and status-altering artifacts as well.