noun. An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.

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

noun. A phenomenon or feature not originally present or expected and caused by an interfering external agent, action, or process, as an unwanted feature in a microscopic specimen after fixation, in a digitally reproduced image, or in a digital audio recording.

noun. An inaccurate observation, effect, or result, especially one resulting from the technology used in scientific investigation or from experimental error.

noun. Anything made by art; an artificial product.

noun. A natural object modified by human art.

noun. Also artefactum.

Not natural, but produced by manipulation, as some microscopic feature in a hardened tissue.

Also spelled artefact.

noun. A product of human workmanship; -- applied esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.

noun. Any product of human workmanship; -- applied both to objects made for practical purposes as well as works of art. It is contrasted to natural object, i.e. anything produced by natural forces without the intervention of man.

noun. A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.

noun. an object, oservation, phenomenon, or result arising from hidden or unexpected causes extraneous to the subject of a study, and therefore spurious and having potential to lead one to an erroneous conclusion, or to invalidate the study. In experimental science, artifacts may arise due to inadvertant contamination of equipment, faulty experimental design or faulty analysis, or unexpected effects of agencies not known to affect the system under study.

noun. An object made or shaped by human hand.

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

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

noun. A structure or finding 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.

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

noun. a man-made object taken as a whole

"This fifth game has Layton and Luke investigating the mystery of the title artifact in Casino City, which seems to have been created by the wish-granting mask."

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