artifact

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Scully is convinced the artifact is a fake, a conviction strengthened by the revelation that the writing on the artifact is Navajo.

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  1. noun An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.
  2. noun Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element: "The very act of looking at a naked model was an artifact of male supremacy” (Philip Weiss).
  3. noun A structure or feature not normally present but visible as a result of an external agent or action, such as one seen in a microscopic specimen after fixation, or in an image produced by radiology or electrocardiography.
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  • Retrieving the artifact should be the work of a week, perhaps two at the most. —  The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • But why a neuroscientist Because we think the artifact might be a helmet. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2008
  • The chair had arm straps and leg shackles; an artifact from the Spanish Inquisition. —  FSFMay2005
  • Scully is convinced the artifact is a fake, a conviction strengthened by the revelation that the writing on the artifact is Navajo. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Setsuna realizes that this is what Fate is after and that the artifact is an extremely powerful, magical device. —  Anime Nano!
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  1. Latin arte, ablative of ars, art; see art1 + factum, something made (from neuter past participle of facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin ar(t-)s, art, + factus, made: see fact.
 

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/ˈɑrtɪfækt/
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