artificial
artificial ; contrived ; cardboard ; theatrical ; inauthentic.
The abstracts in Appendix 2.2 are a little artificial since they relate to a part of this book.
Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
If the plot is trite, the characters cardboard and the action totally implausible and illogical these things do not matter so long as the reader is happy.
The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.
Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.
campo de césped artificial
all-weather pitch
The university has a full-sized, sand-based, all-weather pitch that is flood lit for evening use.
campo de hierba artificial
all-weather pitch
The university has a full-sized, sand-based, all-weather pitch that is flood lit for evening use.
centro de esquí artificial
dry ski centre
The UK has the greatest number of dry ski centres in Europe, if not the world.
césped artificial
artificial grass
artificial turf
The most influential factor in recent hockey success has been artificial grass.
This differential in success rates raises the question of whether new indoor arenas, complete with artificial turf, should be constructed for professional teams.
colorante artificial para alimentos
food colouring
In the first experiment, the children will observe the movement of a drop of food coloring in still water.
con sabor artificial
artificially flavoured
Artificially flavored jellies, soft drinks and candies have different flavors due to the use of different scents or fragrances.
edulcorante artificial
artificial sweetener
These findings are consistent with other reported differences between rats and humans in their response to other sweetness inhibitors, as well as to artificial sweeteners.
fuegos artificiales
firework display
Over recent years the number and frequency of firework displays (both public and private) has increased.
hierba artificial
artificial grass
artificial turf
The most influential factor in recent hockey success has been artificial grass.
This differential in success rates raises the question of whether new indoor arenas, complete with artificial turf, should be constructed for professional teams.
iluminación artificial
artificial lighting
New artificial lighting was introduced to improve the ambient lighting and to provide better task lighting for readers.
inseminación artificial
artificial insemination
The granddaddy of all fertility treatments, artificial insemination, dates to the early 1900s.
inteligencia artificial
machine intelligence
The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
lenguaje artificial [Lengua elaborada a partir de un conjunto de reglas prescritas]
artificial language
An artificial language is that which is constructed or controlled based on a set of prescribed rules.
luz artificial
artificial light
Even by day artificial light was usually needed and, since the men refused to open the windows, the heat and fumes from gaslights rendered the air scarcely breathable.
pene artificial [Usado con fines sexuales]
dildo
At issue is whether the dildo represents a penis substitute or a sexual accessory.
pista de esquí artificial
dry slope
dry ski slope
An estimated two million adults in the UK have skied on dry slopes, although less than half are thought to be recent users.
Alternative uses for farmland include conversion to golf courses, dry ski slopes, hotels, film locations, animal sanctuaries, and campsites.
pulmón artificial
lung-machine
In Poland this sort of civil behaviour is perhaps not dead, but is breathing on a lung-machine and has a bad case of tuberculosis.
ventilación artificial
artificial ventilation
Providing artificial ventilation will not facilitate 'brain death'.
voz artificial
voice output
Voice output is considered on p. 149.
