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In telecommunication, an artificial transmission line (art line) is a four-terminal electrical network that has the characteristic impedance, transmission time delay, phase shift, or other parameter(s) of a real transmission line. It can be used to simulate a real transmission line in one or more of these respects.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
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