Definitions
a man-made object taken as a whole
Word origin
Alteration of artefact, from Italian artefatto, from Latin arte (“by skill”) (ablative of ars (“art”)) + factum (“thing made”) (from facio (“to make, do”)).
Used in a sentence
“Given increasing investment in an IT (information technology) artifact (i.e., online service website), it is becoming important to retain existing customers.”
“The very act of looking at a naked model was an artifact of male supremacy.”
“Overall the signage at NIE has the appearance being a top-down artefact driven by institutional policy with English set as the default language.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Man-made historical object”8 letters
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