Definition of artificial

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Artificial (a.) Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses..

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Flavine :: Flavine (n.) A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially..
Hypnotism :: Hypnotism (n.) A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body..
Longirostres :: Longirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division..
Aquarium :: Aquarium (n.) An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept..
Cinnabar :: Cinnabar (n.) The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion.
Mauveine :: Mauveine (n.) An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms..
Fuchsine :: Fuchsine (n.) Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline..
Aptera :: Aptera (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders..
Zoophaga :: Zoophaga (n. pl.) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.
Predigestion :: Predigestion (n.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.
Variety :: Variety (n.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species..
Artificiality :: Artificiality (n.) The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
Real :: Real (a.) True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger..
Affectation :: Affectation (n.) An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
Uncoined :: Uncoined (a.) Not fabricated; not artificial or counterfeit; natural.
Incondite :: Incondite (a.) Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular.
Tartrazine :: Tartrazine (n.) An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids..
Prosthesis :: Prosthesis (n.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis..
Nankeen :: Nankeen (n.) An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
Isatin :: Isatin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial indigo..
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