artifact
An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
Other meanings
An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.
Related words
- artifacted
- artifacting
- cryoartifact
- ecofact
- geofact
- microartifact
- artifactual
- build artifact
Word history
From Latin "arte" (by skill).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “artifact” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.