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单词 artificial languages
释义

artificial /är-ti-fishˈəl/

adjective
  1. Contrived, opp to spontaneous
  2. Made by man
  3. Synthetic, opp to natural
  4. Fictitious, factitious, feigned, made in imitation, opp to real
  5. Affected in manners
  6. (of classifications) based on superficial structural features rather than on natural relationships (biology)
  7. Ingenious (obsolete)
  8. Perh creative, playing the artificer, or perh merely skilful (Shakespeare)
  9. Technical (obsolete)
ORIGIN: ME, from L artificialis, from artificium (see artifice)

artificiality /-fish-i-alˈi-ti/ noun

artificˈialize or artificˈialise transitive verb

artificˈially adverb

artificˈialness noun

artificial horizon noun

A gyroscopic device indicating an aircraft's attitude in relation to the horizontal

artificial insemination noun

The injection of semen into the uterus or vagina by other means than sexual union (abbrev AI)

artificial intelligence noun

The use of computers in such a way that they perform functions normally associated with human intelligence, such as learning, adapting, self-correction and decision-taking (abbrev AI)

artificial kidney noun

A kidney machine

artificial language noun

An invented language functioning not as the native speech of its users but as a computer language or means of international communication

artificial life noun

Simulation of the behaviour of living organisms by computers

artificial porcelain noun

Soft-paste porcelain

artificial radioactivity noun

Radiation from isotopes after high-energy bombardment in an accelerator by alpha particles, protons, or neutrons

artificial respiration noun

Stimulation of respiration manually or mechanically by forcing air in and out of the lungs

artifical satellite noun

A man-made spacecraft designed to orbit a celestial body

artificial selection see select

artificial silk see silk

artificial sunlight noun

Light from lamps rich in ultraviolet rays

artificial insemination by donor

Former name for donor insemination (see under donation), discontinued because of the similarity of its commonly used abbreviation AID to AIDS

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