different between artificial vs biorobot

English

Etymology

From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificialis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftl??.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ä(r)t?f?sh'?l, IPA^(key): /??(?)t??f???l/
• Rhymes: -???l

Adjective

artificial (comparative more artificial, superlative most artificial)

1. Man-made; of artifice.

2. False, misleading.

3. Unnatural.

Synonyms

• artificious

Antonyms

• (unnatural): natural

Derived terms

Related terms

• artifact
• artifice
• artificer

Translations

See also

• fake

References

• artificial at OneLook Dictionary Search
• artificial in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• artificial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Adjective

artificial (plural artificials)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• intelichencia artificial

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Adjective

artificial (epicene, plural artificiales)

1. artificial

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /??.ti.fi.si?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r.ti.fi.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?.ti.fi.si?al/

Adjective

artificial (masculine and feminine plural artificials)

1. artificial

   Antonym: natural

Derived terms

• artificialment
• intel·ligència artificial
• selecció artificial

Further reading

• “artificial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Adjective

artificial m or f (plural artificiais)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• artificialmente

Further reading

• “artificial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??tifi?sja?/
• Hyphenation: ar?ti?fi?ci?al

Adjective

artificial m or f (plural artificiais, comparable)

1. artificial

Derived terms

• artificialmente

Romanian

Etymology

From French artificiel, from Latin artificialis.

Adjective

artificial m or n (feminine singular artificial?, masculine plural artificiali, feminine and neuter plural artificiale)

1. artificial

Declension

Related terms

• artificializa

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin artifici?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /a?tifi??jal/, [a?.t?i.fi??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /a?tifi?sjal/, [a?.t?i.fi?sjal]
• Hyphenation: ar?ti?fi?cial

Adjective

artificial (plural artificiales)

1. artificial

Derived terms

Related terms

• artificio
• artificioso

Further reading

• “artificial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

bio- +? robot

Noun

biorobot (plural biorobots)

1. (science fiction) A biological organism that has been created and designed by artificial means.
2. A person who performs robot-like tasks, or performs tasks in place of a robot.

See also

• genetic engineering
• biorobotics
• nanobot