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a man-made object taken as a whole

a man-made object taken as a whole

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

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

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, radiographic images of structures that are not naturally present in living tissue, and products of chemical reactions that occur during analysis.

Any appearance produced by a reagent or other artificial means.

See artefact.