artificial

artificial
adj.
artificial.
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artificial
► adjetivo
1 artificial
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adj.
artificial
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ADJ [flor, luz, inseminación] artificial; [material] artificial, man-made

fuegos artificiales — fireworks

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adjetivo <flor/satélite/sonrisa> artificial; <fibra> man-made, artificial
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= artificial, contrived, cardboard, theatrical, inauthentic.
Ex. The abstracts in Appendix 2.2 are a little artificial since they relate to a part of this book.
Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
Ex. If the plot is trite, the characters cardboard and the action totally implausible and illogical these things do not matter so long as the reader is happy.
Ex. The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.
Ex. Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.
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* campo de césped artificial = all-weather pitch.
* campo de hierba artificial = all-weather pitch.
* centro de esquí artificial = dry ski centre.
* césped artificial = artificial grass, artificial turf.
* colorante artificial para alimentos = food colouring.
* con sabor artificial = artificially flavoured.
* edulcorante artificial = artificial sweetener.
* fuegos artificiales = firework display.
* hierba artificial = artificial grass, artificial turf.
* iluminación artificial = artificial lighting.
* inseminación artificial = artificial insemination.
* inteligencia artificial = machine intelligence.
* lenguaje artificial = artificial language.
* luz artificial = artificial light.
* pista de esquí artificial = dry slope, dry ski slope.
* pulmón artificial = lung-machine.
* ventilación artificial = artificial ventilation.
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adjetivo <flor/satélite/sonrisa> artificial; <fibra> man-made, artificial
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= artificial, contrived, cardboard, theatrical, inauthentic.

Ex: The abstracts in Appendix 2.2 are a little artificial since they relate to a part of this book.

Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
Ex: If the plot is trite, the characters cardboard and the action totally implausible and illogical these things do not matter so long as the reader is happy.
Ex: The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.
Ex: Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.
* campo de césped artificial = all-weather pitch.
* campo de hierba artificial = all-weather pitch.
* centro de esquí artificial = dry ski centre.
* césped artificial = artificial grass, artificial turf.
* colorante artificial para alimentos = food colouring.
* con sabor artificial = artificially flavoured.
* edulcorante artificial = artificial sweetener.
* fuegos artificiales = firework display.
* hierba artificial = artificial grass, artificial turf.
* iluminación artificial = artificial lighting.
* inseminación artificial = artificial insemination.
* inteligencia artificial = machine intelligence.
* lenguaje artificial = artificial language.
* luz artificial = artificial light.
* pista de esquí artificial = dry slope, dry ski slope.
* pulmón artificial = lung-machine.
* ventilación artificial = artificial ventilation.

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artificial
adjective
1 ‹flor/satélite› artificial; ‹fibra› man-made, artificial
2 ‹persona/sonrisa› artificial, false
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artificial adjetivo ‹flor/satélite/sonrisa› artificial;
‹fibra› man-made, artificial
artificial adjetivo
1 artificial
2 Tex man-made o synthetic
'artificial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bengala
- canal
- cohete
- colorante
- fecundación
- inseminación
- inteligencia
- natural
- ortopédica
- ortopédico
- postiza
- postizo
- respiración
- riñón
- satélite
- trabajada
- trabajado
- gruta
- pantano
English:
artificial
- artificial insemination
- artificial intelligence
- banger
- bank
- contrived
- cracker
- forced
- fuse
- life-support
- limb
- man-made
- snow machine
- stilted
- floodlight
- kidney
- kiss
- man
- plastic
- satellite
- sweetener
- ventilator
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artificial adj
1. [hecho por el hombre] [flor, lago] artificial;
[material] man-made, artificial
2. [no espontáneo] [persona, sonrisa, amabilidad] artificial
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artificial
adj artificial
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artificial adj
1) : artificial, man-made
2) : feigned, false
♦ artificialmente adv
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artificial adj artificial

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