artificially
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- not according to nature; not by natural means; "artificially induced conditions"
- (artificial) contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
- (artificial) artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
- (artificial) not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
- (Artificial (few obvious characters)) Tournefort, Linnaeus
- (ARTIFICIAL) A quality of literature as defined by structuralism. Since literature is not a mimetic reflection of reality, structuralism focuses on identifying the conventions implicitly or explicitly shaping the reader's experience of meaning.
- (Artificial) A bid that means something other than what it sounds like. A convention.
- (Artificial) Any bait which is man-made. See Bait
- (Artificial) Created or produced by man, as opposed to “natural”.
- (Artificial) Intelligence Unit. This is an informal grouping of researchers who cooperate on research into artificial intelligence. ...
- (Artificial) Type of synthetic bait rejected by a finicky fish because it is too large or too small or because it has the wrong shape, has the wrong coloration, or makes the wrong motion in the water.
- (Artificial) breeding has developed into a worldwide practice. Bulls with the genetic capacity to transmit high milk-producing ability to their female offspring are kept in studs. Dairy-farmer cooperatives usually operate the studs, with artificial insemination generally used. ...
- (Artificial) is ecosystem called man-made or man-engineered ecosystems (ecosystems created by humans).
- (Artificial) not natural; where the bid indicates information other than the suit bid
- (artificial) same as unequal hours or seasonal hours. It is the term used by Bede as they are an artifice of the (Saxon) sundial.