Observation, effect, or result which is inaccurate because it is produced by the methodology used in scientific investigation or by experimental error

1 an object that was made a long time ago and is historically important, for example a tool or weaponSynonyms and related words Historical and valuable objects and their collection:antiquarian, a [..]

older and alternative spelling of artifact (n.). Related: Artefactual; artefactually.

Something made or given shape by humans; for example pottery, a stone tool.

1. A product of human art and workmanship. 2. An object remaining from a particular period. 3. In the context of the international prototype kilogram (IPK), a 1 kilogram cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy was manufactured in France in the 1880s to serve as the mass standard. 4. Something observed during a scientific investigation that is not natura [..]

Artificially produced effect; a product of the preparation technique; e.g. as in the preparation of cells for examination under the electron microscope, especially the electron microscope.

(n) a man-made object taken as a whole

not an ancient extraterrestrial or interdimensional device of great power, but, in the more mundane phylogenetic systematics and phylogenomic context, a false signal resulting in a distorted phylogenetic view of the group being studied. Examples include Long Branch Attraction and Heterotachy. See also Garbage in, garbage out.

Any object made, modified, or used by humans.

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, radiogr [..]

  An object; an item of material culture.  

an object made or modified for use by humans.

Any object made, modified or used by people. Human remains are also classified as artefacts when found during an archaeological excavation

An object made by humans, often refers to an ancient or very old object studies by archaeologists.

The result of any activity in the software life-cycle such as requirements, architecture model, design specifications, source code and test scripts

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