#man-made
- Anthropic — Pertaining to human activity, belonging to mankind, or caused, modified, and created by human presence and actions on the surrounding environment. In modern ecology, the term describes profound transformations of natural ecosystems under the influence of industrialization, urbanization, and resource exploitation by human society.
- Anthropobiocoenosis — A special biocoenosis deeply modified or artificially created by human activity, where plant, animal, and microorganism communities coexist and closely interact with human populations and their structural civilization. This type of complex ecosystem reflects the dynamic dependence between natural biological factors and controlled anthropic interventions.
- Anthropogenic — Produced, generated, caused, or directly modified by the presence and economic or industrial activities of man. In geology and environmental sciences, the term is widely used to describe factors, pollutants, artificial topography, or current climate changes that do not have a natural origin, but are the direct result of human civilization's footprint.
- Artificial light in the office can strain the eyes after a few hours of work. — Made, produced, or manufactured by humans through craftsmanship, technique, or industrial processes, not being generated spontaneously by nature; which imitates a natural product or phenomenon. In a broad sense, the term designates something that lacks spontaneity, is feigned, forced, or conventional. In computer science, it is used in fundamental phrases such as artificial intelligence, designating technological systems capable of simulating human cognitive functions. In biology and medicine, it refers to substitution elements or environments created in the laboratory, such as artificial limbs or artificial insemination.
- Artificial — A regional or archaic phonetic and spelling variant of the adjective 'artificial'; created, simulated, or manufactured through human intervention or special technical processes, not existing spontaneously as such in nature. In a figurative or psychological sense, it describes a behavior that is insincere, forced, and marked by affectation, while in computer science it refers to computational structures designed to replicate natural cognitive functions.