Artificial vs Ann - What's the difference?
artificial | ann | initialism |
Man-made; of artifice.
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False, misleading.
Unnatural.
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* 1903 , Man and Superman : Act I:
* 1969 Constance Urdang, Natural History , Harper&Row 1969, page 61:
* 2005 , In Sheep's Clothing , Dafina Books, ISBN 0758203446, page 129:
Artificial is a initialism of ann.
As an adjective artificial
is man-made; of artifice.As a proper noun ann is
name of a.artificial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}
Derived terms
* artificial consciousness * artificial intelligence * artificiality * artificially * artificialness * artificial selection * artificial turfSee also
* fake ----ann
English
Alternative forms
* AnneProper noun
(en proper noun)- RAMSDEN . When you say Ann , you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield.
- TANNER''. I mean our Ann''', your '''Ann''', Tavy's '''Ann''', and now, Heaven help me, my ' Ann .
- Given a perfectly good American name like Ann , she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.
- "Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it."
- "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"