Definition of Artifacts

1. Noun. (plural of artifact) ¹

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Definition of Artifacts

1. artifact [n] - See also: artifact

Medical Definition of Artifacts

1. Any visible result of a procedure which is caused by the procedure itself and not by the entity being analyzed. Common examples include histological structures introduced by tissue processing, radiographic images of structures that are not naturally present in living tissue, and products of chemical reactions that occur during analysis. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Artifacts

articulations of foot
articulations of hand
articulative
articulator
articulators
articulatory
articulatory system
articulography
articulostat
articulus
artier
arties
artiest
artifact
artifactitious
artifacts (current term)
artifactual
artifical
artifice
artificer
artificers
artifices
artificial
artificial-intelligence
artificial Carlsbad salt
artificial Kissingen salt
artificial Vichy salt
artificial active immunity
artificial additive
artificial anatomy

Literary usage of Artifacts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"The bcc to select an artifact marked with alternate red and green longitudinal »tripes when associated with Plain red and plain green artifacts, ..."

2. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"In studying the artifacts from this site, it should be remembered that most of them are of types used at the time of, or immediately preceding, ..."

3. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"POPULAR NOTIONS PERTAINING TO PRIMITIVE STONE artifacts IN SURINAM. BY AP AND TE PENARD. PRIMITIVE stone implements have been found in various parts of ..."

4. The Emeryville Shellmound by Max Uhle (1910)
"artifacts UNEARTHED AT THE EMERYVILLE SHELLMOUND.* The artifacts, complete and fragmentary, unearthed during the excavation of the Emeryville shellmound are ..."

5. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"Lifting bags are described further in Section 8.9.1. 9.12,3 Artifact Preservation and Salvage Rights The recovery of submerged artifacts is ..."

6. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"The only artifacts found in the kiva were half of a red- and-yellow bowl, a bone awl (fig. 51,/), and a small arrow point. BURIAL PLACES As was stated above ..."

7. The Coppers of the Northwest Coast Indians: Their Origin, Development, and by Carol F. Jopling (1989)
"Ethnographic artifacts Previous research has noted the widespread incidence of many Northwest Coast social characteristics such as gift exchange and ..."

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