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artefact

/ˈɑːrtɪfækt/ /ˈɑːrtəfækt/

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noun

Artefakt, Gegenstand

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.

Examples :

"The ancient pottery shards were carefully preserved as historical artefacts. "

Die antiken Tonscherben wurden sorgfältig als historische Artefakte aufbewahrt.

archaeology history culture item thing

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noun

Artefakt, Objekt

An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.

Examples :

"Scientists studying the Martian surface discovered a strangely shaped rock formation, and they are investigating whether it is a natural geological feature or a potential artefact of past Martian life. "

Wissenschaftler, die die Marsoberfläche untersuchten, entdeckten eine seltsam geformte Felsformation und untersuchen, ob es sich um ein natürliches geologisches Merkmal oder ein potenzielles Artefakt vergangenen Marslebens handelt.

archaeology history culture item thing

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noun

Artefakt, Erzeugnis

Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.

Examples :

"The chipped stone tool found at the dig site was identified as an artefact, suggesting early human presence in the area. "

Das am Ausgrabungsort gefundene, abgesplitterte Steinwerkzeug wurde als Artefakt identifiziert, was auf eine frühe menschliche Anwesenheit in der Gegend hindeutet.

archaeology history culture art thing

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noun

Artefakt, Störfaktor

A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.

Examples :

"The spot on his lung turned out to be an artifact of the X-ray process."

Der Fleck auf seiner Lunge entpuppte sich als Artefakt des Röntgenverfahrens.

science technology archaeology technical

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noun

Artefakt, Fundstück

An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.

Examples :

"The dig produced many Roman artifacts."

Der Ausgrabungsort brachte viele römische Artefakte hervor.

archaeology history culture material item

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noun

Artefakt

An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.

Examples :

""The strange spots visible under the microscope were not part of the original cell, but rather an artefact caused by the staining process." "

Die seltsamen Flecken, die unter dem Mikroskop sichtbar waren, gehörten nicht zur ursprünglichen Zelle, sondern waren ein Artefakt, das durch den Färbeprozess verursacht wurde.

medicine biology

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noun

Ein wahrnehmbarer Fehler, eine Störung

A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or a digital image as a result of applying a lossy compression algorithm.

Examples :

"This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has unsightly compression artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine."

Dieses JPEG-Bild wurde so stark komprimiert, dass es unschöne Kompressionsartefakte aufweist, was es für das Cover unseres Magazins ungeeignet macht.

media technology computing electronics technical signal