Main Entry: ar·ti·fi·cial

Pronunciation: \ˌärt-ə-ˈfish-əl\

Function: adjective

1 : humanly contrived often on a natural model <an artificial limb>
2 : based on differential morphological characters not necessarily indicative of natural relationships <an artificial key for identification of a group of organisms>

—ar·ti·fi·cial·ly \-ˈfish-(ə-)lē\ adverb