artificial : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- artificial additive
- Artificial arguments
- artificial blood
- Artificial classification
- artificial flower
- artificial heart
- Artificial horizon
- artificial insemination
- artificial intelligence
- artificial joint
- artificial kidney
- artificial lake
- artificial language
- Artificial light
- Artificial lines
- Artificial numbers
- artificial pacemaker
- Artificial person
- artificial respiration
- artificial satellite
Artificial sines ,tangents - artificial skin
- by artificial means
- jarvik artificial heart
artificial additive
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noun an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life
food additive.
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Artificial arguments
(Rhet.) , arguments invented by the speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs. Johnson.
Webster 1913
artificial blood
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noun a liquid that can carry large amounts of oxygen and can serve as a temporary substitute for blood
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Artificial classification
(Science) , an arrangement based on superficial characters, and not expressing the true natural relations species; as, "the artificial system" in botany, which is the same as the Linnæan system.
Webster 1913
artificial flower
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noun a handmade imitation of a blossom
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artificial heart
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noun a pump that replaces the natural heart
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Artificial horizon
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noun a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot
flight indicator; gyro horizon.
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- . See under
Horizon .
Webster 1913
artificial insemination
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noun the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse
AI.
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artificial intelligence
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noun the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
AI.
- workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots
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artificial joint
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noun a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee)
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artificial kidney
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noun a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body
hemodialyzer.
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artificial lake
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noun lake used to store water for community use
man-made lake; reservoir.
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artificial language
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noun a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose
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Artificial light
- any light other than that which proceeds from the heavenly bodies.
Webster 1913
Artificial lines
- lines on a sector or scale, so contrived as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which, by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc.
Webster 1913
Artificial numbers
- logarithms.
Webster 1913
artificial pacemaker
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noun an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker
pacemaker.
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Artificial person
(Law) . See underPerson .
Webster 1913
artificial respiration
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noun an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially
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artificial satellite
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noun man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
satellite; orbiter.
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Artificial sines , tangents
- etc., the same as logarithms of the natural, tangents, etc. Hutton.
Webster 1913
artificial skin
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noun a synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims
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by artificial means
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adverb not according to nature; not by natural means
artificially; unnaturally.
- artificially induced conditions
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jarvik artificial heart
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noun a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success
Jarvik heart.