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UK
/ˌɑːtɪfˈɪʃəl/
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[ US /ˌɑɹtəˈfɪʃəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌɑɹtəˈfɪʃəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
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artificially formal
a stilted letter of acknowledgment
contrived coyness
when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
that artificial humility that her husband hated -
contrived by art rather than nature
an artificial diamond
artificial fibers
artificial flavoring
artificial sweeteners
artificial flowers
How To Use artificial In A Sentence
- The building is dark brick topped by pinky-coloured concrete block walls, white plastic-looking fascia board, black plastic guttering and an artificial slate roof.
- Qiao Gong Fang Gems is a professional supplier of high-quality jewelry gemstones in Wuzhou which famous known as "the capital of artificial gem in the world".
- They are accused of hatching a decade-long plot to keep wholesale oil prices artificially high. The Sun
- By contrast, when Procter & Gamble, the makers of Olestra, asked the FDA for permission to add its artificial fat substitute to potato chips, the controversial product was evaluated under food-additive laws.
- Since it is implausibe that readers would need to disbelieve their supension of disbelief -- we all know going in that our suspension of disbelief is artificial -- it must be the second kind of "information" that needs to be combatted. Saying Something
- The artificial DNA might be applied to a future extra cellular genetic system with information storage and amplifiable abilities. Artificial DNA Created
- Two of its products containing artificial eggs are on sale in the US. Times, Sunday Times
- Meanwhile, all sorts of things that at one time or another were considered tests for artificial intelligence — playing chess, doing integrals, doing autonomous control — have been cracked in algorithmic ways. Wolfram Blog : Stephen Wolfram on the Quest for Computable Knowledge
- In turn, the gallery's window is fitted with giant windscreen wipers to sweep away a continuous downpour of "rain" inverted commas seem necessary to any description of Weber's wonderfully artificial sculptural conceits. This week's new exhibitions
- The most important of the salts, formed by the combinations of the sulphuric acid, are, first, _sulphat of potash_, formerly called _sal polychrest_: this is a very bitter salt, much used in medicine; it is found in the ashes of most vegetables, but it may be prepared artificially by the immediate combination of sulphuric acid and potash. Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments