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BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does by artificial means mean?
• BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS (adverb)
The adverb BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS has 1 sense:
1. not according to nature; not by natural means
Familiarity information: BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not according to nature; not by natural means
Synonyms:
artificially; by artificial means; unnaturally
Context example:
artificially induced conditions
Context examples
Introduction of sperm into the female reproductive tract by artificial means in order to achieve fertilization.
(Artificial Insemination, NCI Thesaurus)
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