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Definition of: artificial
(är′tə·fish′əl) adjective
1. Produced by human art rather than by nature.
2. Made in imitation of or as a substitute for something natural: an artificial leg.
3. Not genuine or natural; affected. See synonyms under FACTITIOUS. [<L artificialis <artificium. See ARTIFICE.]
—ar′ti·fi′cial·ly adverb
—ar′ti·fi′· cial·ness noun
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