artificial

(är'tə-fĭsh'əl)
adj.

1. 1. Made by humans; produced rather than natural.
   2. Brought about or caused by sociopolitical or other human-generated forces or influences: set up artificial barriers against women and minorities; an artificial economic boom.
2. Made in imitation of something natural; simulated: artificial teeth.
3. Not genuine or natural: an artificial smile.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin artificiālis, belonging to art, from artificium, craftsmanship. See artifice.]

artificiality ar'ti·fi'ci·al'i·ty (-fĭsh'ē-ăl'ĭ-tē) n.
artificially ar'ti·fi'cial·ly adv.

SYNONYMS   artificial, synthetic, ersatz, simulated. These adjectives refer to what is made by humans rather than natural in origin. Artificial is broadest in meaning and connotation: an artificial sweetener; artificial flowers. Synthetic often implies the use of a chemical process to produce a substance that will look or function like the original, often with certain advantages: synthetic rubber; a synthetic fabric. An ersatz product is a transparently inferior imitation: ersatz coffee; ersatz mink. Simulated often refers to a fabricated substitute or imitation of a costlier substance: simulated diamonds.

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adjective

1. Made by human beings instead of nature: manmade, manufactured, synthetic. See culture/nature.
2. Made to imitate something else: imitation, manmade, mock, simulated, synthetic. Informal pretend. See real/imaginary.
3. Not genuine or sincere: affected, feigned, insincere, phony, pretended. See true/false.
4. Artificially genteel: affected, mannered, precious. Informal la-di-da. See good/bad, honest/dishonest, plain/fancy, true/false.
5. Marked by unnaturalness, pretension, and often a slavish love of fads: factitious, plastic, synthetic, unnatural. See honest/dishonest.

adj

Definition: fake; imitation
Antonyms: genuine, natural, real

adj

Definition: pretended; affected
Antonyms: genuine, natural, unaffected, unpretentious

Made to resemble a natural material or object, for example, faux marbre.

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IN BRIEF: In a man-made, unnatural way.

The stadium grass was made artificially.

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sign description: The index finger brushes past the nose in a repeated motion.

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Made by art; not natural or pathological.

• a. abortion — see parturition induction.
• a. bone — see skeletal prosthesis.
• a. breeding — includes diagnosis of estrus, semen collection and handling, and artificial insemination (see below).
• a. breeding organization — a proprietary or cooperative organization dealing in the selection, purchase and maintenance of selected sires, mass collection, storage and sale of semen, employment of artificial inseminators, and often veterinarians skilled in the diseases of the reproductive tract, and the provision of artificial insemination services to individual cows and to herds, flocks or bands of animals. The responsibility is usually assumed for the keeping of complete records and the provision of these to clients and in the form of a periodic report. It is inherent in the animal industries that artificial breeding has as its objectives the genetic improvement and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases of the species that it serves. Embryo transplantation and its attendant technologies could become part of an artificial breeding service.
• a. digestion for trichinosis — a sample of the meat to be examined is incubated with a mixture of pepsin and hydrochloric acid and the digesta examined under a microscope for specimens of Trichinella spiralis.
• a. drying — drying or dehydrating of feed by other than natural means of sun and air movement; usually by fossil fuel.
• a. kidney — a popular name for an extracorporeal hemodialyser.
• a. limb — a replacement for a natural limb. See also prosthesis.
• a. milk — see milk replacer.
• a. organ — a mechanical device that can substitute temporarily or permanently for a body organ. Not usually used in veterinary medicine.
• a. parturition induction — see parturition induction.
• a. rearing — the rearing of newborn animals by the use of milk replacer as an artificial diet, and often the provision of an artificial environment with a cloth-lined box and a heat lamp or other heating device. The provision of an appropriate amount of relevant antibodies or a prolonged course of antibiotics is an essential part of the program. The need may be a permanent one because of the death or complete agalactia of the dam, or because management insists on early weaning. It may be temporary if the dam is agalactic for a brief period because of illness.
• a. vagina — a device used in the collection of semen from male animals. The usual construction is of a rigid external tube lined by a flexible, thin rubber sleeve. Water at body temperature is introduced between the tube and the sleeve so as to achieve a spongy warm cavity which is lubricated with inert material. A rubber cone, terminating in a graduated plastic or glass collecting tube, is placed over the distal end of the device which is then ready to use.

For a list of words related to artificial, see:

• Bad, False, Evil, Insincere, or Dishonest

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Common misspelling(s) of artificial

• artifical

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kunstig, ikke-naturlig, unaturlig

idioms:

• artificial horizon    kunstig horisont
• artificial intelligence    kunstig intelligens

Nederlands (Dutch)
kunstmatig, nagebootst, kunst-, geaffecteerd, onnatuurlijk

Français (French)
adj. - artificiel, (Comm) synthétique, factice, étudié, feint, forcé, affecté

idioms:

• artificial horizon    horizon artificiel
• artificial intelligence    intelligence artificielle

Deutsch (German)
adj. - künstlich, unecht, gekünstelt

idioms:

• artificial horizon    Kreiselhorizont
• artificial intelligence    künstliche Intelligenz

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τεχνητός, πλαστός, προσποιητός, ψεύτικος, εξεζητημένος, επίπλαστος

idioms:

• artificial horizon    τεχνητός ορίζοντας
• artificial intelligence    (τεχνολ.) τεχνητή νοημοσύνη

Italiano (Italian)
artificiale, affettato

idioms:

• artificial horizon    orizzonte artificiale
• artificial intelligence    intelligenza artificiale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - artificial, irreal, falso

idioms:

• artificial horizon    horizonte (m) artificial
• artificial intelligence    inteligência (f) artificial

Русский (Russian)
искусственный, синтетический, притворный

idioms:

• artificial horizon    искусственный горизонт
• artificial intelligence    электронный мозг, искусственный разум

Español (Spanish)
adj. - artificial, postizo, afectado

idioms:

• artificial horizon    horizonte artificial
• artificial intelligence    inteligencia artificial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - konstgjord

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
人工的, 人造的, 矫揉造作的, 不自然的, 假的, 人为的

idioms:

• artificial horizon    人工水平仪
• artificial intelligence    人工智能

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 人工的, 人造的, 矯揉造作的, 不自然的, 假的, 人為的

idioms:

• artificial horizon    人工水平儀
• artificial intelligence    人工智慧

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인공의, 거짓의, 부자연스러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 人造の, 人工の, 人為的な, 模造の, 不自然な, わざとらしい

idioms:

• artificial horizon    人工水平器, 人工水平儀
• artificial intelligence    人工知能

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صناعي, اصطناعي, مزيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלאכותי, מעושה‬

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