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artefact 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole
  2. An artifact or artefact (see spelling differences) is any object made or modified by a human. In archaeology, an artifact is an object recovered by some archaeological endeavor, which may have a cultural interest. ...
  3. Artefact was a black metal band from Nice, France. According to the band itself, its name is taken from the medieval fantasy universe, and evokes a magical item.
  4. Alternative spelling of artifact, perhaps more common in Commonwealth English
  5. (Artefacts) When an image is stored in your camera's memory it has to be compressed to fit, usually in a JPEG File, and in the process some information is inevitably lost. ...
  6. (Artefacts) In relation to a digital image, describes "unnatural" distortions that are introduced into an image due to some form of over processing. There are a number of different types of image artefacts. ...
  7. (Artefacts) Archaeologists commonly refer to culturally produced objects as artefacts. Artefacts can be manufactured objects such as pots, spoons, coins or by-products such as kiln wasters or slag. ...
  8. (Artefacts) Unwanted visible effects in the picture created by errors in the video processing or noise/interference in analog circuits. Common artefacts include 'edge crawl' or 'hanging dots' in analog pictures or 'blockiness', noise or 'contouring' in digital pictures.
  9. any unwanted feature in a scanned image, like speckles or noise.
  10. An unwanted visual aberration in a video image, often coloured or black squares. Seen with IP videoconferencing when the network is busy. See IP.
  11. Any object made, modified, or used by humans.
  12. an artificial result, in particular a mistaken or biased result produced by the measuring instruments rather than by the phenomenon being studied, or something the researcher created by the way he or she gathered or analysed the data.
  13. Any element from the collections of a museum, which falls under that museum's mission to preserve and make better known these elements: objects (clothes, furniture, toys, etc.), images (photographs, paintings, engravings, etc.) or manuscripts (letters, diaries, etc.). ...
  14. An object made by humans, often refers to an ancient or very old object studies by archaeologists.
  15. An object fashioned by human hand. Examples of artefacts made for taking measurements are a weight and a measuring rod.
  16. In parapsychology, false evidence of paranormal phenomena, due to some extraneous normal influence.
  17. Any object, landscape, person or occurrence tied to an event by physical or temporal proximity. Artefacts serve as direct portals to the event
  18. (artifact, arty, artie). Pre-collapse equipment recovered from wreckage drifting in deep space. Artefacts can be the best equipment pilots can get, but the majority of artefacts recovered are useless. Note that artefact and wreckage may be interchangable in certain circumstances. ...
  19. from the Latin: arte, "by skill" + factum, "thing made". An object made by human work or art, especially by skilled artesans, for simple or practical purposes; something characteristic of reality, actuality, truth ("fact" as distinct from "fancy").
  20. An object created by an artistic or a design process; a work of art. The question of what constitutes a work of art is a fluid one. ...
  21. The physical embodiment of the work, e.g. a book, painting, video cassette. Cf. compatibility.
  22. Any product made by human hands or caused to be made through human actions.
  23. finds are also common in some forests. These include wooden artefacts such as pigeon troughs and palisade posts, stone adzes, hangi stones etc.
  24. Insufficient available ECG data to analyze. Possibly due to inadequate skin preparation, poor contact of electrodes and/or inaccurate positioning of electrodes on the chest.
  25. A spurious indication on a radiograph arising e.g. from faults in the manufacturing, handling, exposing or processing of a film.