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# artefact

«artefact» in Mova's school dictionary: **An object made by people long ago, such as a tool, pot or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (artefact, artefacts) — UK spelling; US: artifact

### meaning for a pupil

1) An object made by people long ago, such as a tool, pot or jewel, that tells us about the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#m1)

2) Any object made by people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#m2)

3) (science, computing) A mistake or strange mark in a picture or result caused by the method or machine, not by the real thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, artefacts are clues about how people lived; museums display artefacts. In science and computing, an artefact is a false mark in data. Phrases: «ancient artefacts», «museum artefacts».

### examples

- The museum has artefacts from ancient Egypt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#x1)
- We handled Viking artefacts in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#x2)
- A broken pot is a useful artefact for historians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#x3)
- Each group described one artefact. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#x4)
- The blur in the photo was an artefact of the camera. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#x5)
- Artefacts must be handled with gloves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/#x6)

### note

UK: artefact; US: artifact. Countable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «artefact» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artefact/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.