ARTEFACT OR ARTIFACT.

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I want to know in English, do we really have a word like artefact ?If yes what does it mean?

KrisBlueNZ · Accepted Answer

This is a dictionary question. You can answer it by visiting an online dictionary such as dictionary.com.
Here are some definitions of artefact/artifact from dictionary.com:

1. something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, esp an object of archaeological interest
2. anything man-made, such as a spurious experimental result
3. cytology: a structure seen in tissue after death, fixation, staining, etc, that is not normally present in the living tissue

An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.

An artificial product or effect observed in a natural system, especially one introduced by the technology used in scientific investigation or by experimental error.

Mister Micawber · Answer

They are alternative spellings of the same word, which is quite common. Here are a few examples:

...Code 46 connotes uneasiness about -- not uncritical celebration of- transnational relocation of a cultural artefact. Certainly, the spectator who comes to Code 46 after first viewing The Claim...
...Archaeological traditions need not always be equated with ethnic groupings. in some cases, artefact production simply operates at different scales than do ethnic groups " (MacEachern 1994:220)
...to detect patient motion or gating errors may result in the generation of a perfusion artefact. This possibility was thought to be more likely when the perfusion data was generated
...failure to detect the motion on the gated data set may translate to an artefact that mimics coronary artery disease, undermining diagnostic integrity. It is crucial that such
...The clash and blending of cultures is often documented by finding the blending of artifact styles -- from that of the local inhabitants and that of the migratory population.
...De Leon's team maps the location of each artifact left behind by migrants as they stop to rest on their way to the U.S.
...This practice is simply an artifact of the ways that enriched micromolecules are synthesized and purified. In recent years,
...1991 (-0.08) with the change in IDU rate over time was a statistical artifact of the initial correlations of arrests in 1991 (r=0.43) with IDU rates in...
...shaking his head. " What we're seeing could be nothing more than an artifact of the way we're interacting with them. " " But they're responding...

Yayya Lautner · Answer

so do you mean that artefact and artifact share the same meaning?

Mister Micawber · Answer

Yes; they are just two spellings, like spelled/spelt or center/centre.

Yayya Lautner · Answer

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