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culture

Noun

∙ The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
∙ The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
∙ The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium; the growth thus produced. microbiology
∙ Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings. anthropology
∙ The collective noun for a group of bacteria.
∙ Cultivation. botany
∙ The language and peculiarities of a geographical location. computing
∙ The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels. cartography

Verb

∙ To maintain in an environment suitable for growth . especially of bacteria
∙ To increase the artistic or scientific interest . in something

BABYLON ENGLISH
culture n.
civilization; refinement; cultivation (Agriculture); bacteria or germs grown for scientific study (Biology)
expose to culture, cultivate; grow in a controlled environment for scientific study (bacteria, germs, etc.)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
culture
culture
\cul"ture\ (?), n.
1. (biol.) (a) the cultivation of bacteria or other organisms in artificial media or under artificial conditions. (b) the collection of organisms resulting from such a cultivation.
note: the word is used adjectively with the above senses in many phrases, such as: culture medium, any one of the various mixtures of gelatin, meat extracts, etc., in which organisms cultivated; culture flask, culture oven, culture tube, gelatin culture, plate culture, etc.
2. (cartography) those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels.
culture
\cul"ture\ (k?l"t?r; 135), n. [f. culture, l. cultura, fr. colere to till, cultivate; of uncertain origin. cf. colony.] 1. the act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.
2. the act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind. if vain our toil we ought to blame the culture, not the soil.
3. the state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste. what the greeks expressed by their paidei`a, the romans by their humanitas, we less happily try to express by the more artificial word culture. c. shairp. the list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its culture.
culture
fluid, a fluid in which the germs of microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of study or as a means of modifying their virulence.
culture
\cul"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. cultured (-t?rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. culturing.] to cultivate; to educate. they came into places well inhabited and cultured.
similar words(6)

culture medium
culture features
culture fluid
row culture
culture myth
youth culture

WORDNET 2.0
culture
Noun
1. a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
(synonym) civilization, civilisation
(hypernym) society
(hyponym) Aegean civilization, Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture
(part-meronym) subculture
(derivation) acculturate
2. the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
(hypernym) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hyponym) counterculture
(derivation) acculturate
3. all the knowledge and values shared by a society
(synonym) acculturation
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) meme
(derivation) acculturate
4. (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
(hypernym) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(classification) biology, biological science
5. (bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium
(hypernym) product
(hyponym) starter
(classification) bacteriology
6. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
(synonym) polish, refinement, cultivation, finish
(hypernym) perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
7. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
(hypernym) attitude, mental attitude
(hyponym) cyberculture
8. the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"
(hypernym) cultivation
(hyponym) cranberry culture

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Culture
Culture is, in the words of E.B. Tylor, "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society."
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

culture

Noun

∙ The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
∙ The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
∙ The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium; the growth thus produced. microbiology
∙ Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings. anthropology
∙ The collective noun for a group of bacteria.
∙ Cultivation. botany
∙ The language and peculiarities of a geographical location. computing
∙ The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels. cartography

Verb

∙ To maintain in an environment suitable for growth . especially of bacteria
∙ To increase the artistic or scientific interest . in something

BABYLON ENGLISH
culture n.
civilization; refinement; cultivation (Agriculture); bacteria or germs grown for scientific study (Biology)
expose to culture, cultivate; grow in a controlled environment for scientific study (bacteria, germs, etc.)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
culture
culture
\cul"ture\ (?), n.
1. (biol.) (a) the cultivation of bacteria or other organisms in artificial media or under artificial conditions. (b) the collection of organisms resulting from such a cultivation.
note: the word is used adjectively with the above senses in many phrases, such as: culture medium, any one of the various mixtures of gelatin, meat extracts, etc., in which organisms cultivated; culture flask, culture oven, culture tube, gelatin culture, plate culture, etc.
2. (cartography) those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels.
culture
\cul"ture\ (k?l"t?r; 135), n. [f. culture, l. cultura, fr. colere to till, cultivate; of uncertain origin. cf. colony.] 1. the act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.
2. the act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind. if vain our toil we ought to blame the culture, not the soil.
3. the state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste. what the greeks expressed by their paidei`a, the romans by their humanitas, we less happily try to express by the more artificial word culture. c. shairp. the list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its culture.
culture
fluid, a fluid in which the germs of microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of study or as a means of modifying their virulence.
culture
\cul"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. cultured (-t?rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. culturing.] to cultivate; to educate. they came into places well inhabited and cultured.
similar words(6)

culture medium
culture features
culture fluid
row culture
culture myth
youth culture

WORDNET 2.0
culture
Noun
1. a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
(synonym) civilization, civilisation
(hypernym) society
(hyponym) Aegean civilization, Aegean civilisation, Aegean culture
(part-meronym) subculture
(derivation) acculturate
2. the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
(hypernym) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hyponym) counterculture
(derivation) acculturate
3. all the knowledge and values shared by a society
(synonym) acculturation
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) meme
(derivation) acculturate
4. (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
(hypernym) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(classification) biology, biological science
5. (bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium
(hypernym) product
(hyponym) starter
(classification) bacteriology
6. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
(synonym) polish, refinement, cultivation, finish
(hypernym) perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
7. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
(hypernym) attitude, mental attitude
(hyponym) cyberculture
8. the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"
(hypernym) cultivation
(hyponym) cranberry culture

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Culture
Culture is, in the words of E.B. Tylor, "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society."
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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