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Artificial is something which is not natural. Its original sense, related to artifact and artifice, refers to a product of human
Human

A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
 endeavor; a more English but gender
Gender

Gender comprises a range of differences between man and woman, extending from the biological to the social. Biologically, the male gender is defined by the presence of a Y-chromosome, and its absence in the female gender....
ed synonym
Synonym

Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy....
 is man-made. It is also used to mean "false", a substitute for the real thing, as in artificial turf
Artificial turf

Artificial turf, or synthetic turf, is a man-made surface manufactured from chemical synthesis materials, made to look like natural grass....
 or artificial sweetener.

Examples of the proper use of the term artificial and its metaphorical extensions include:
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Artificial is something which is not natural. Its original sense, related to artifact and artifice, refers to a product of human
Human

A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
 endeavor; a more English but gender
Gender

Gender comprises a range of differences between man and woman, extending from the biological to the social. Biologically, the male gender is defined by the presence of a Y-chromosome, and its absence in the female gender....
ed synonym
Synonym

Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy....
 is man-made. It is also used to mean "false", a substitute for the real thing, as in artificial turf
Artificial turf

Artificial turf, or synthetic turf, is a man-made surface manufactured from chemical synthesis materials, made to look like natural grass....
 or artificial sweetener.

Examples of the proper use of the term artificial and its metaphorical extensions include:
  • Artificial beaches
    Beach

    File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
  • Artificial chemistry
    Artificial chemistry

    An artificial chemistry is a computer model used to simulate various types of systems. Artificial chemistry is in some ways similar to a chemical reaction, hence the name....
  • Artificial consciousness
    Artificial consciousness

    Artificial consciousness , also known as machine consciousness or synthetic consciousness, is a field related to artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics whose aim is to define that which would have to be synthesized were consciousness to be found in an engineered artifact....
  • Artificial creation
    Artificial creation

    Artificial Creation is a field of research that studies the primary synthesis of complex life-like structures from primordial lifeless origins....
  • Artificial flavor
  • Artificial harmonic
    Artificial harmonic

    To produce an artificial harmonic, a stringed instrument player holds down a note on the neck with the Handedness , thereby shortening the vibrational length of the string, uses a finger to lightly touch a point on the string that is an integer divisor of its vibrational length, and plucks or bow s the side of the string that is closer to the...
  • Artificial immune system
    Artificial immune system

    In computer science, Artificial immune systems are computational systems inspired by the principles and processes of the vertebrate immune system....
  • Artificial insemination
    Artificial insemination

    Artificial insemination is the process by which spermatozoon is placed into the reproductive tract of a female for the purpose of impregnating the female by using means other than sexual intercourse....
  • Artificial intelligence
    Artificial intelligence

    Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it. Major AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents,"...
  • Artificial intelligence systems integration
    Artificial intelligence systems integration

    The core idea of A.I. systems integration is making individual software components, such as speech synthesizers, interoperable with other components, such as common sense knowledgebases, in order to create larger, broader and more capable A.I....
  • Artificial island
    Artificial island

    An artificial island is an island that has been constructed by humans rather than formed by natural means. They are created by expanding existing islets, construction on existing reefs, or amalgamating several natural islets into a bigger island....
  • Artificial life
    Artificial life

    Artificial life is a field of study and an associated art form which examine systems related to life, its processes, and its evolution through simulations using computer models, robotics, and biochemistry....
  • Artificial organ
    Artificial organ

    An artificial organ is a man-made device that is implanted into, or integrated onto, a human to replace a natural organ , for the purpose of restoring a specific function or a group of related functions so the patient may return to as normal a life as possible....
e.g. Artificial heart
Artificial heart

File:CardioWest? temporary Total Artificial Heart.jpgFile:Artificial-heart-london.JPGAn artificial heart is a mechanical device that is implanted into the body to replace the biological heart....
, Artificial limb
Artificial limb

An artificial limb is a type of prosthesis that replaces a missing Limb , such as arms or legs. The type of artificial limb used is determined largely by the extent of an amputation or loss and location of the missing extremity....
, Artificial knee
C-Leg

The C-Leg is a microprocessor-controlled knee prosthesis, developed by the Otto Bock Healthcare company, that enables moderately active amputees to vary walking speeds and travel over changes in terrain....
  • Artificial powered exoskeleton
  • Artificial society
    Artificial society

    Artificial Society is the specific agent based computational model for computer simulation in social analysis. It is mostly connected to the theme in complex system, emergence, Monte Carlo Method, computational sociology, multi agent system, and evolutionary programming....


See also


  • Naturoid
    Naturoid

    A naturoid, as defined by the Theory of Naturoids, is a reproduction of an object or process that already exists in the natural world, using techniques and materials that differ from those found in nature....