What does "human-made" mean?

Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.

What is a synonym for "human-made"?

Common synonyms include: man-made, person-made.

Human-made

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Adjective

1
Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic. not-comparable

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man-made person-made

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"Studying Earth’s climate system is particularly challenging because it integrates many aspects of a complex natural system as well as many human-made systems."

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