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Definition: Man-made |
Man-madeAdjective1. (chemistry) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "man-made" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
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Environment | All radionuclides emitting beta particles and/or photons listed in Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radonuclides in Air and Water for Occupational Exposure. (Anthropogenic Beta Particle and Photon). (references) |
Health | Ionizing radiation emitted by artificial or concentrated natural, radioactive material or resulting from the operation of high voltage apparatus, such as X-ray apparatus or particle accelerators, of nuclear reactors, or from nuclear explosions. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Man-madeSynonyms: semisynthetic (adj), synthetic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Man-made |
| English words defined with "man-made": artefact, artifact, artificial satellite ♦ beehive ♦ create ♦ Eiffel Tower ♦ hive ♦ make ♦ natural shape ♦ orbiter ♦ produce ♦ satellite, sputnik ♦ terrain intelligence, topography. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "man-made": aerated yarn, airborne particles, Arctic haze, Artificial Control, automatic noise limiter ♦ Bathing Beaches ♦ catechol, constructed wetland ♦ desertification, dew pond ♦ Environment and Public Health, eutrophication ♦ geologic hazard ♦ key geographic location, KGL ♦ lamé ♦ man-made noise, mass-coloured, meander cutoff, Monoclonal Antibodies ♦ Non-cultural artifacts or materials ♦ Ozone depleting substance ♦ particulates ♦ Radionuclide, raw land ♦ slip rate, spinnerette, synthetic stone ♦ thorium series, topographic map, true silk, tubular yarn ♦ unimproved land, usable field strength, usable power flux density ♦ Visible feature ♦ Waste treatment pond. (references) |
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Screenplays | The media is like the weather, only it's man-made weather (Natural Born Killers; writing credit: David Veloz) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Man-Made Island (1939) | |
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 | Field checking aerial photographs Identifying rocks, looking for man-made changes since photography, etc. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Life in the marsh colonizing a man-made object on Helena Island. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Man-made canal with eroding bank. The cutting of canals often changes the water circulation in marsh systems and can lead to their decline. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve. Wood Storks obtaining their dinners on Bear Island man-made impoundments. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Man-made canal through marshland at high tide in Providence Point marsh. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Man-made boat canal through mangrove swamp. Credit: Small World. |
 | Man-made canal built for moving coconuts to the drying sheds. Credit: Small World. |  | Water rushes through a spillway of a large dam in Missouri. The dam generates electricity and helps control flooding. The man-made reservoir also provides water-related recreation. Credit: Norm Klopfenstein. |
 | Western Screech Owls in man-made boxOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |  | Inventroy of man-made box for raptorsOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |
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| "Electric stuff" by David Holtz Commentary: "Nature vs. man-made." | "Water lily" by Shafina Sheridan Commentary: "Purple water lily in a man-made pond." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Anabolic-androgenic steroids are man-made substances related to male sex hormones. (references) | |
Business | About 52% of the domestic production consisted of man-made uppers on non-leather soles. (references) | |
Leather shoes and low cost shoes made with rubber and man-made materials represented more than 50% of Polish imports. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | Main items imported were man-made fibre and textile machinery. (references) |
Colombia | Best prospects, mostly of man-made fibers, include men, boy, women, and girls' clothing. (references) | |
Japan | The largest opportunity of them all is the new $6.5 billion Central Japan International Airport, a 24-hour airport that will be built on a man-made island in Ise Bay. (references) | |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | Traditional indigenous religions commonly involve belief in one supreme deity as well as lesser deities or spirits that are to be praised or appeased, some of whom in some religions may be believed to inhabit or otherwise be associated with particular places, natural objects, or man-made images. (references) |
Trade | Uae | The first free trade zone in the UAE was the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone, established in 1985 in Dubai and located with the largest man-made seaport in the world. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Man-made" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.21% of the time. "Man-made" is used about 224 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.21% | 220 | 20,356 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.89% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.89% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 224 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "man-made"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i bërë nga njeri. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | направен от човек, изкуствен (affected, artificial, factitious, false, imitation, mimic, pinchbeck, theatrical, unnatural, unreal). (various references) | |
Chinese | 人造 (artificial). (various references) | |
Czech | syntetický (synthetic, synthetical). (various references) | |
Danish | magasin (air chamber, card hopper, depot, feed hopper, hopper, magazine, man-made lake, reservoir, shed, stack, staging area, stockroom, storage, storage house, store, storehouse, storeroom, warehouse), menneskeskabt stråling (man-made radiation), menneskeskabt signal (man-made signal), menneskeskabt katastrofe (man-made disaster), menneskeskabt CFC (anthropogenic CFC, anthropogenic chlorofluorocarbon, anthropogenic fluorocarbon, man-made CFC, man-made chlorofluorocarbon, man-made fluorocarbon), antropogen kilde (anthropogenic source, man-made source), antropogent kemisk stof (anthropogenic chemical, man-made chemical), elektroteknisk støj (man-made noise), fremstilling af kemofibre (production of man-made fibers, production of man-made fibres), kemofiber (artificial fibre, man-made fibre), kulturlandskab (cultivated landscape, cultural landscape, man-made environment, man-made landscape), kulturskov (artificial crop, artificial stand, man-made forest, plantation), kunstfiber (artificial fibre, man-made fibre), kunstig sø (man-made lake, reservoir, storage), antropogen chlorfluorcarbon (anthropogenic CFC, anthropogenic chlorofluorocarbon, anthropogenic fluorocarbon, man-made CFC, man-made chlorofluorocarbon, man-made fluorocarbon), kunstige søer (man-made pond), teknisk støj (man-made noise), plantage (artificial crop, artificial stand, man-made forest, plantation), regenereret tekstilfiber (man-made fibre), reservoir (man-made lake, reservoir, reservoir compound, reservoir species, sink, storage, store), spinder (man-made fibre maker, spinner, tussock moth), syntetisk tekstilfiber (man-made fibre), kunstig satellit (man-made satellite). (various references) | |
Dutch | kunstmatige stapelvezel (man-made fibre), anthropogene bron (anthropogenic source, man-made source), anthropogene chemische stof (anthropogenic chemical, man-made chemical), artificieel signaal (man-made signal), bekken (basin, bowl, cymbal, pelvis), cultuurlandschap (cultivated landscape, cultural landscape, man-made environment, man-made landscape), een door aanplant ontstane opstand (artificial crop, artificial stand, man-made forest, plantation), industriële ruis (man-made noise), kunstmatige continuvezel (man-made fibre), anthropische CFK's (anthropogenic CFC, anthropogenic chlorofluorocarbon, anthropogenic fluorocarbon, man-made CFC, man-made chlorofluorocarbon, man-made fluorocarbon), kunstmatige radionucliden zijn o.a. afkomstig van neerslag tengevolge van kernexplosies (artificial ( or man-made ) radionuclides come i.a. from fallout due to nuclear weapons testing), vijver (pond), kunstmatige straling (man-made radiation), kunstvezel (artificial fibre, man-made fibre), ramp door menselijk toedoen (man-made disaster), reservoir (cistern, reservoir, tank), spinner (man-made fibre maker, spinner), spinner van kunst-en synthetische vezels (man-made fibre maker), stuwmeer (artificial lake, backwater, barrier lake, dammed lake, man-made lake, reservoir, storage), synthetische continuvezel (man-made fibre), synthetische stapelvezel (man-made fibre), kunstmatige en synthetische continugaren-en vezelfabrieker (production of man-made fibers, production of man-made fibres). (various references) | |
Finnish | tekokuitu (man-made fibre, synthetic fibre). (various references) | |
French | fibre textile artificielle (man-made fibre), étang artificiel (man-made pond), paysage de culture (man-made environment, man-made landscape), paysage cultural (man-made environment, man-made landscape), parasite industriel (man-made noise), les radionucléides artificiels proviennent entre autres des retombées des explosions nucléaires (artificial ( or man-made ) radionuclides come i.a. from fallout due to nuclear weapons testing), perturbation industrielle (man-made noise), fibre textile synthétique (man-made fibre), plantation forestière (man-made forest), fibre synthétique (man-made fibre), fibre artificielle (man-made fibre), catastrophe due à l'homme (man-made disaster), catastrophe causée par l'homme (man-made disaster), catastrophe anthropique (man-made disaster), bruit d'origine artificielle (man-made noise), fileur de fibres artificielles et synthétiques (man-made fibre maker), retenue artificielle (man-made lake), substance chimique d'origine anthropique (man-made chemical), substance chimique anthropique (man-made chemical), source d'origine anthropique (man-made source), source anthropogénique (man-made source), source anthropique (man-made source), paysage humanisé (man-made environment, man-made landscape), satellite artificiel (man-made satellite), textile chimique (man-made fiber), retenue (man-made lake), rayonnement artificiel (man-made radiation), produit chimique d'origine anthropique (man-made chemical), produit chimique anthropogénique (man-made chemical), produit chimique anthropique (man-made chemical), production de fibres artificielles et synthétiques (production of man-made fibers, production of man-made fibres), signal artificiel (man-made signal). (various references) | |
German | synthetisch (synthetic), kunst-, künstlich (artifical, artificial, factious, factitious, factitiously, fake, false, imitately, imitation, simulated, synthetic, synthetical, unnatural), handgefertigt (handmade). (various references) | |
Greek | ανθρωπογενής αλογονομένος υδρογονάνθρακας (anthropogenic CFC, anthropogenic chlorofluorocarbon, anthropogenic fluorocarbon, man-made CFC, man-made chlorofluorocarbon, man-made fluorocarbon), τεχνητά παραγόμενο σήμα (man-made signal), τεχνητά ραδιονουκλεϊδια προέρχονται,μεταξύ άλλων και από τον κονιορτό που καταπίπτει μετά από δοκιμές πυρηνικών όπλων (artificial ( or man-made ) radionuclides come i.a. from fallout due to nuclear weapons testing), τεχνητή ακτινοβολία (man-made radiation), τεχνητή λίμνη (dew pond, man-made lake, reservoir, storage), τεχνητή υφαντική ύλη (man-made fibre), τεχνητές ίνες (artificial fibre, man-made fibre), τεχνητό τοπίο (cultivated landscape, cultural landscape, man-made environment, man-made landscape), ταμιευτήρας (man-made lake, reservoir, storage), τεχνητός δορυφόρος (man-made satellite), συνθετική υφαντική ύλη (man-made fibre), ανθρωπογενής χλωροφθοράνθρακας (anthropogenic CFC, anthropogenic chlorofluorocarbon, anthropogenic fluorocarbon, man-made CFC, man-made chlorofluorocarbon, man-made fluorocarbon), ανθρωπογενής χημική ουσία (anthropogenic chemical, man-made chemical), ανθρωπογενής πηγή (anthropogenic source, man-made source), ανθρωπογενής καταστροφή (man-made disaster), ηλεκτρομαγνητικός θόρυβος (man-made noise), χειριστής μηχανής συνθετικών ινών (man-made fibre maker), βιομηχανικά παράσιτα (man-made noise), βιομηχανικός θόρυβος (man-made noise), τεχνητό περιβάλλον (cultivated landscape, cultural landscape, man-made environment, man-made landscape). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mesterséges (artful, artificial, dummy, imitation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | buatan tangan. (various references) | |
Italian | parassita artificiale (man-made noise), catastrofe imputabile all'uomo (man-made disaster), fabbricazione di fibre artificiali e sintetiche (production of man-made fibers, production of man-made fibres), fibra artificiale (artificial fibre, man-made fibre), fibra tessile artificiale (man-made fibre), fibra tessile sintetica (man-made fibre), filatore di fibre artificiali e sintetiche (man-made fibre maker), invaso (man-made lake, reservoir, storage), bosco artificiale (artificial crop, artificial stand, man-made forest, plantation), paesaggio culturale (cultivated landscape, cultural landscape, man-made environment, man-made landscape), stagno artificiale (dew pond, man-made pond), popolamento artificiale (artificial crop, artificial stand, man-made forest, plantation), radiazione artificiale (man-made radiation), radiodisturbo artificiale (man-made noise), ritenuta (afflux, back rope, backwater, man-made lake, reservoir, retention, storage), rumore industriale (man-made noise), segnale artificiale (man-made signal), serbatoio (barrel, bunker, cistern, reservoir, tank), soprassuolo artificiale (artificial crop, artificial stand, man-made forest, plantation), lago artificiale (man-made lake, reservoir, storage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 人造 (artificial, synthetic), 人造 (artificial, synthetic), 人間手作り . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | にんげんてづくり, じんぞう (artificial, kidney, synthetic). (various references) | |
Korean | 인공 (Artificial). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | an-mademay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lago artificial (artificial lake), catástrofe provocada pelo homem (man-made disaster), fiandeiro de fibras artificiais e sintéticas (man-made fibre maker), fibra artificial (artificial fibre, man-made fibre), fibra têxtil artificial (artificial silk, man-made fibre, rayon), fibra têxtil sintética (man-made fibre), albufeira (man-made lake, reservoir, reservoir impounded by front and side embankments, storage), fibras sintéticas (man-made fibers), sinal artificial (man-made signal), os radionúclidos artificiais provêm,entre outras,da precipitação radioactiva provocada por explosões de armas nucleares na atmosfera (artificial ( or man-made ) radionuclides come i.a. from fallout due to nuclear weapons testing), plantação florestal (artificial crop, artificial stand, man-made forest, plantation), radiação artificial (man-made radiation), reservatório (cistern, coalburner, flash, pond, sump, tank, vessel, water-craft), ruído industrial (man-made noise), satélite artificial (man-made satellite), fibras artificiais (man-made fibers). (various references) | |
Romanian | fãcut de om (artificial), artificial (artificial, artificially, factitious, false, far fetched, fine-drawn, practised). (various references) | |
Russian | искусственный (artificial, factitious, far-fetched, made, made up, phantomlike, shoddy, synthetic, synthetical). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veštački (artificial, bogus, californium, factitious, false, unnatural), kojeg je uradio čovek. (various references) | |
Shona | mukoko (man-made beehive). (various references) | |
Spanish | artificial (artificial, made up, stilted). (various references) | |
Swedish | handgjorda, handgjord (handmade, hand-made). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งทำเทียม. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | штучний (artful, artificial, factitious, made, made up, non-natural, synthetic, synthetical). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | facticius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: manmade. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-m-m-n" | |
-1 letter: anadem, madame, madman, madmen, maenad. | |
-2 letters: adman, admen, amend, daman, madam, maned, menad, named. | |
-3 letters: amen, dame, damn, dean, made, mama, mana, mane, mead, mean, mend, nada, name, nema. | |
-4 letters: ama, ana, and, ane, dam, den, end, mad, mae, man, med, mem, men, nae, nam. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, am, an, de, ed, em, en. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-m-m-n" | |
+2 letters: memoranda. | |
+3 letters: ammoniated, anagrammed, bemadaming, mandamused, mandamuses, mismanaged. | |
+4 letters: commandable, disarmament. | |
+5 letters: diamagnetism, disarmaments, mainstreamed, micromanaged, misdemeanant. | |
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