artifacts

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈɑrtəˌfækts/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Objects made or shaped by humans, typically of historical or cultural interest, such as tools, pottery, or weapons.; In archaeology, any object recovered from an excavation that was made or modified by humans.; An unwanted distortion or anomaly in a signal, image, or data set, typically caused by the processing or measurement technique rather than by the original source.; In medical imaging, a feature or structure appearing in an image that is not present in the original object, caused by equipment limitations or patient movement.; In software development, a by-product produced during the development process, such as documentation, diagrams, compiled code, or test results.; In scientific research, an observed result or phenomenon that is not naturally present but occurs as a result of the preparative or investigative procedure.; In fantasy or gaming contexts, a powerful magical item, often ancient and unique.; In machine learning, a model or file produced as a result of training, such as a saved neural network or its parameters.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: artifacts

Collocations

cultural artifactshistorical artifactsarchaeological artifactsancient artifactsartifact collectiondigital artifacts

Derivatives

artifactualartefact

Synonyms

relicremnantvestigeantiquityobjectcurio

Commonly confused

artefact
EN: 'Artefact' is the British English spelling of the same word; 'artifact' is the American English spelling.
artifice
EN: 'Artifice' means clever trickery or deception, while 'artifact' refers to a human-made object, especially one of historical interest.

Spelling tips

EN: American English uses 'artifact' (no 'e' after 't'), while British English uses 'artefact'. Both are correct in their respective varieties.

💬 Examples

  1. The museum displayed ancient artifacts from the Roman Empire, including coins, jewelry, and pottery.

  2. Archaeologists carefully cataloged each artifact found at the dig site.

  3. The compression artifacts in the low-resolution image made it difficult to read the text.

  4. The radiologist noted motion artifacts on the MRI scan caused by the patient's breathing.

  5. The build system generates several artifacts, including the executable file and its associated documentation.

  6. The apparent clustering of cells was later determined to be an artifact of the staining technique.

  7. The hero sought the legendary artifacts that could defeat the dark lord.

  8. After training, the team saved the model artifacts to a version-controlled repository.