The phrase "artificial ceiling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing limitations or constraints that are not naturally occurring, often in economic or technological discussions.
Example: "The government imposed an artificial ceiling on prices to control inflation, which led to shortages in the market."
Alternatives: "artificial limit" or "imposed cap".
The would-be competitors, who all promised robust competition, discovered that they could not price retail power below this artificial ceiling and still make adequate profits.
Republican leaders in the State Senate and House have called for another special session to cap the wholesale tax by establishing an artificial ceiling price for tax calculation purposes.
Wages for the braceros were set by law, around $1 an hour in California, and in effect established an artificial ceiling on the wages of American farm workers, keeping them in poverty.
I don't remember now what season of the year it was, but I do remember that the fluorescent lights in the lecture room were on in the middle of the day because the sky was so dark outside, navy-blue clouds pressing close to the earth like an artificial ceiling.
The Tau-U score distribution did not show the artificial ceiling shown by all other nonoverlap techniques.
The vast majority of Internet users will never bump up against their artificial ceiling and, for the most part, it would work.
They're just likely to be disguised as artificial "ceilings," "triggers," or other gimmicks designed to protect politicians from accountability.
"We must not permit an artificial debt ceiling to throw the country into default, and our economy into chaos and depression, which is exactly what the Republicans are threatening to do," Nadler said.
"From threats of government shutdown each time an appropriations bill was about to lapse, to the artificial debt ceiling crisis of 2011 that required the Budget Control Act, to the year-end fiscal cliff brinksmanship -- Republicans have time and again pulled budget negotiations out of the Budget Committees in ways that rattled the markets, hurt the economy, and increased uncertainty".
The rooms were lit by natural light from one window and artificial light at ceiling level.
In order to fit the 2003 Bush Tax Cut under an artificial $350 billion dollar ceiling, the U.S. Senate cut the capital gains and dividend tax rates for just 41/2 years.
