Artificial classification
- Artificial classification
- Artificial Ar`ti*fi"cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium:
cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.]
1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human
skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial
heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
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Artificial strife
Lives in these touches, livelier than life. --Shak.
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2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
``Artificial tears.'' --Shak.
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3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as,
artificial grasses. --Gibbon.
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{Artificial arguments} (Rhet.), arguments invented by the
speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the
like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs.
--Johnson.
{Artificial classification} (Science), an arrangement based
on superficial characters, and not expressing the true
natural relations species; as, ``the artificial system''
in botany, which is the same as the Linn[ae]an system.
{Artificial horizon}. See under {Horizon}.
{Artificial light}, any light other than that which proceeds
from the heavenly bodies.
{Artificial lines}, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived
as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which,
by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable
exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc.
{Artificial numbers}, logarithms.
{Artificial person} (Law). See under {Person}.
{Artificial sines}, {tangents}, etc., the same as logarithms
of the natural sines, tangents, etc. --Hutton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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Artificial classification — Classification Clas si*fi*ca tion, n. [Cf. F. classification.] The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
artificial classification — A classification based on convenient and conspicuous diagnostic characters, ignoring characters indicating relationship; often a classification based on a single character instead of an evaluation of all of the characters; see classification,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
artificial classification — a classification based on characters selected for their utility and not indicative of phylogenetic relationships … Dictionary of ichthyology
Artificial classification — Искусственная классификация … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Artificial — Ar ti*fi cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Artificial arguments — Artificial Ar ti*fi cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Artificial horizon — Artificial Ar ti*fi cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Artificial light — Artificial Ar ti*fi cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Artificial lines — Artificial Ar ti*fi cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Artificial numbers — Artificial Ar ti*fi cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium: cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.] 1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
