artifact

Definitions

An object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.

A feature or phenomenon that is not natural but is instead a byproduct of a process or instrument.

A distortion or error in a digital image or recording caused by processing or technical limitations.

Examples

The museum curator carefully cleaned the ancient pottery artifact found at the dig site.

The digital image suffered from a compression artifact that distorted the fine details of the photograph.

Synonyms

Relic Antique Handicraft Object Creation Historical item Man-made object

Antonyms

Natural object Organism Living thing Nature Wilderness Biological entity