artifact

/ˈɑːtɪfækt/noun
Middle School
1

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.

2

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

3

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

4

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.

5

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

6

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.

7

A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or an image as a result of applying a lossy compression or other inexact processing algorithm or of physical interference in an acquisition process.

8

Ellipsis of build artifact.

9

Any object in the collection of a museum. May be used sensu stricto only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made.

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Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing