Variously, a human-created object, usually from an earlier (sometimes very much earlier) time, but now taking on the meaning of an unexpected inclusion in a created object.
The variant spelling "artefact" seems to be British, or used by someone in the U.S. who isn't sure how the word should be spelled.
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Re: artifact
Wow, so much more complicated than I would have thought. It even turns out that, at least on dictionary.com, there are separate entries for both spellings.
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