artifact

reperto archeologico

Oggetto fatto da persone molto tempo fa, spesso trovato scavando nel terreno.

In inglese semplice: An object made by people long ago, often found by digging in the ground.

• The museum displays ancient artifacts.
• They found a bronze artifact near the old wall.
• These artifacts tell us how people cooked thousands of years ago.

Sinonimi: relic

Espressioni comuni: ancient artifact, roman artifact, historical artifact

manufatto

Oggetto fatto o modificato da persone, anziché formato dalla natura.

In inglese semplice: An object that people have made or changed, rather than something formed by nature.

• A plastic spoon is a human artifact.
• The collection includes artifacts made from recycled metal.
• Every artifact reflects choices made by its creator.

Sinonimi: human-made object

Espressioni comuni: human artifact, modern artifact, cultural artifact

artefatto

Elemento osservato in un esame, causato dal procedimento usato anziché da ciò che viene studiato.

In inglese semplice: Something seen in a test that comes from the testing process rather than the thing being studied.

• The bright spot was an artifact.
• A damaged lens produced artifacts in the measurements.
• Researchers checked whether the result was an artifact of their equipment.

Come si usa: artifact of something (The apparent growth was an artifact of the measuring method.)

Espressioni comuni: experimental artifact, artifact of something, measurement artifact

artefatto, distorsione

Segno, suono o alterazione indesiderati causati dal trattamento di un’immagine, un video o una registrazione.

In inglese semplice: An unwanted mark, sound, or change caused by the way an image, video, or recording is processed.

• The image has visible artifacts.
• Heavy compression introduced artifacts into the video.
• We removed the audio artifacts before releasing the recording.

Sinonimi: distortion

Espressioni comuni: compression artifact, visual artifact, audio artifact