artificial environment

collocation in English

meaningsofartificialandenvironment

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artificial
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofartificialandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofartificial environment

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The walls in theartificialenvironmentare drawn based on the real map.
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The technology essay provides a broader definition of architecture as the technology for creatingartificialenvironment.
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Double glass walls (separated by approximately 18in) enclosed theartificialenvironmentof the house.
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The term may refer to actual environments or to abstract constructions such as musical compositions and tape montages, particularly when considered as anartificialenvironment.
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First, anartificialenvironmentis created and imposed by constitutional authority and legal precedents.
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Inside what is really anartificialenvironmentit creates opportunity.
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I should think that many such observations would be invalidated simply because of the unnatural nature of the surroundings and the superficial andartificialenvironment.
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Prison is anartificialenvironmentand many of the normal responsibilities and decisions of life are removed from the prisoner.
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For years its inefficiency has been hidden because it has been functioning in a totallyartificialenvironment.
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Venice is anartificialenvironmentcreated by man in the middle of a lagoon, yet it suffers from flooding due to 'high water'.
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One must question the educational value to children of seeing animals cooped up in cages in anartificialenvironment, in conditions that cause them extreme stress.
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The underlying cause of their behaviour is' greensickness': a mental condition in which subconscious tensions are generated by a prolonged existence in anartificialenvironment.
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Kept in theartificialenvironmentof a home, these trees weaken and die.
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Riverworld is anartificialenvironmentwhere all humans (and pre-humans) are reconstructed.
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Plans had been made to put in place an earlier project, dating from the 1960s, to create anartificialenvironmenton the estuary.
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On the other hand, the limitation is that data obtained in anartificialenvironmentmay lack generalizability.
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Symmetry is used to accentuate the spirit of the service, instead of creating anartificialenvironment.
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Tactile sound is often used to increase the realism of anartificialenvironment.
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Fish farming is the process of growing fish in anartificialenvironment.
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The first method relies on superb intelligence, provided by those who know the natural andartificialenvironmentof the conflict as well as the insurgents.
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