in a general sense, denotes something made, fashioned, or produced by art, in contradistinction from the productions of nature.

ARTIFICIAL is also frequently used for fictitious. Thus we have artificial sal ammoniac, artificial borax, &c.

ARTIFICIAL Fire-works are compositions of inflammable materials, chiefly used on solemn occasions, by way of rejoicing. See Pyrotechny.

ARTIFICIAL Lightning. See Electricity and Lightning.

ARTIFICIAL Lines, on a sector or scale, are certain lines so contrived, as to represent the Logarithmic sines and tangents; which, by the help of the line of numbers will solve all questions in trigonometry, navigation, &c. pretty exactly.

ARTIFICIAL Magnets. See Magnets.