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人工的,人造的;矯揉造作的,不自然的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Person \Per"son\, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF.
   persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a
   personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through;
   per + sonare to sound. See {Per-}, and cf. {Parson}.]
   1. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or
      manifestation of individual character, whether in real
      life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an
      assumed character. [Archaic]

            His first appearance upon the stage in his new
            person of a sycophant or juggler.     --Bacon.

            No man can long put on a person and act a part.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.

            To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst
            thou known thyself aright.            --Milton.

            How different is the same man from himself, as he
            sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a
            friend!                               --South.

   2. The bodily form of a human being; body; outward
      appearance; as, of comely person.

            A fair persone, and strong, and young of age.
                                                  --Chaucer.

            If it assume my noble father's person. --Shak.

            Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined.
                                                  --Milton.

   3. A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal
      or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or
      child.

            Consider what person stands for; which, I think, is
            a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and
            reflection.                           --Locke.

   4. A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any
      person present.

   5. A parson; the parish priest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   6. (Theol.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions
      of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost);
      an hypostasis. ``Three persons and one God.'' --Bk. of
      Com. Prayer.

   7. (Gram.) One of three relations or conditions (that of
      speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being
      spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence
      also to the verb of which it may be the subject.

   Note: A noun or pronoun, when representing the speaker, is
         said to be in the first person; when representing what
         is spoken to, in the second person; when representing
         what is spoken of, in the third person.

   8. (Biol.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the
      compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in
      the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. --Haeckel.

            True corms, composed of united person[ae] . . .
            usually arise by gemmation, . . . yet in sponges and
            corals occasionally by fusion of several originally
            distinct persons.                     --Encyc. Brit.

   {Artificial}, or {Fictitious}, {person} (Law), a corporation
      or body politic. --blackstone.

Tangent \Tan"gent\, n. [L. tangens, -entis, p. pr. of tangere to
   touch; akin to Gr. ? having seized: cf. F. tangente. Cf.
   {Attain}, {Contaminate}, {Contingent}, {Entire}, {Tact},
   {Taste}, {Tax}, v. t.] (Geom.)
   A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion
   of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the
   point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for
   example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle
   produced. See {Trigonometrical function}, under {Function}.

   {Artificial}, or {Logarithmic}, {tangent}, the logarithm of
      the natural tangent of an arc.

   {Natural tangent}, a decimal expressing the length of the
      tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity.

   {Tangent galvanometer} (Elec.), a form of galvanometer having
      a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent
      of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional
      to the strength of the current.

   {Tangent of an angle}, the natural tangent of the arc
      subtending or measuring the angle.

   {Tangent of an arc}, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of
      a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct,
      passing from the center through the other extremity o.

Artificial \Ar`ti*fi"cial\, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium:
   cf. F. artificiel. See {Artifice}.]
   1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human
      skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial
      heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.

            Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier
            than life.                            --Shak.

   2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
      ``Artificial tears.'' --Shak.

   3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [Obs.] --Shak.

   4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as,
      artificial grasses. --Gibbon.

   {Artificial arguments} (Rhet.), arguments invented by the
      speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the
      like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs.
      --Johnson.

   {Artificial classification} (Science), an arrangement based
      on superficial characters, and not expressing the true
      natural relations species; as, ``the artificial system''
      in botany, which is the same as the Linn[ae]an system.

   {Artificial horizon}. See under {Horizon}.

   {Artificial light}, any light other than that which proceeds
      from the heavenly bodies.

   {Artificial lines}, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived
      as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which,
      by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable
      exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc.

   {Artificial numbers}, logarithms.

   {Artificial person} (Law). See under {Person}.

   {Artificial sines}, {tangents}, etc., the same as logarithms
      of the natural sines, tangents, etc. --Hutton.

資料來源 : WordNet®

artificial
     adj 1: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers";
            "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond";
            "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: {unreal}]
            [ant: {natural}]
     2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
        husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
        acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
        they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: {contrived}, {hokey},
         {stilted}]
     3: not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital
        processes