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MAN-MADE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
Example:
synthetic leather
Synonyms:
man-made; semisynthetic; synthetic
Classified under:
Similar:
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Context examples:
A man-made radioactive element with atomic symbol Am, atomic number 95, and atomic weight 243.
(Americium, NCI Thesaurus)
The dogs had stopped beside a water- hole, not a fissure, but a hole man-made, chopped laboriously with an axe through three and a half feet of ice.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Man-made chemicals have destroyed it.
(Ozone, Environmental Protection Agency)
Researchers have discovered for the first time that a common marine sponge hosts bacteria that specialize in the production of toxic compounds nearly identical to man-made fire retardants, a finding that could help scientists better understand the human health implications of these common additives.
(Bacteria living in marine sponge produce toxic compounds found in man-made products, NSF)
First detected in the 1980s, the Antarctic ozone hole forms during the Southern Hemisphere’s late winter as the returning sun’s rays accelerate reactions involving man-made forms of chlorine and bromine, like chlorofluorocarbons, that concentrate over Antarctica during winter.
(Warmth in the Antarctic stratosphere helped limit the size of the ozone hole in 2017 to the smallest observed since 1988, NOAA)
During a hip replacement operation, the surgeon removes damaged cartilage and bone from your hip joint and replaces them with new, man-made parts.
(Hip Replacement, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
