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cul·ture
(kŭl′chər)n.
1.
a. The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought considered as a unit, especially with regard to a particular time or social group: Edwardian culture; Japanese culture.
b. These arts, beliefs, and other products considered with respect to a particular subject or mode of expression: musical culture; oral culture.
c. The set of predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize a group or organization: a manager who changed the corporate culture.
2. Mental refinement and sophisticated taste resulting from the appreciation of the arts and sciences: a woman of great culture.
3. Special training and development: voice culture for singers and actors.
4. The cultivation of soil; tillage: the culture of the soil.
5. The breeding or cultivation of animals or plants for food, the improvement of stock, or other purposes.
6. Biology
a. The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
b. Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.
tr.v. cul·tured, cul·tur·ing, cul·tures
1. To cultivate (soil or plants).
2.
a. To grow (microorganisms or other living matter) in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
b. To use (a substance) as a medium for culture: culture milk.
[Middle English, cultivation, from Old French, from Latin cultūra, from cultus, past participle of colere; see cultivate.]
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culture
(ˈkʌltʃə)n
1. (Sociology) the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action
2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) the total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions, which are transmitted and reinforced by members of the group: the Mayan culture.
3. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a particular civilization at a particular period
4. (Art Terms) the artistic and social pursuits, expression, and tastes valued by a society or class, as in the arts, manners, dress, etc
5. the enlightenment or refinement resulting from these pursuits
6. (Sociology) the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour that characterize and inform society as a whole or any social group within it: yob culture.
7. (Agriculture) the cultivation of plants, esp by scientific methods designed to improve stock or to produce new ones
8. (Breeds) stockbreeding the rearing and breeding of animals, esp with a view to improving the strain
9. (Agriculture) the act or practice of tilling or cultivating the soil
10. (Microbiology) biology
a. the experimental growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, in a nutrient substance (culture medium), usually under controlled conditions. See also culture medium
b. a group of microorganisms grown in this way
vb (tr)
11. (Agriculture) to cultivate (plants or animals)
12. (Microbiology) to grow (microorganisms) in a culture medium
[C15: from Old French, from Latin cultūra a cultivating, from colere to till; see cult]
ˈculturist n
ˈcultureless adj
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cul•ture
(ˈkʌl tʃər)n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.
1. artistic and intellectual pursuits and products.
2. a quality of enlightenment or refinement arising from an acquaintance with and concern for what is regarded as excellent in the arts, letters, manners, etc.
3. development or improvement of the mind by education or training.
4. the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.
5. a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a nation or period: Greek culture.
6. the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: youth culture; the drug culture.
7.
a. the cultivation of microorganisms or tissues for scientific study, medicinal use, etc.
b. the product or growth resulting from such cultivation.
8. the act or practice of cultivating the soil.
9. the raising of plants or animals, esp. with a view to their improvement.
v.t. 10. to subject to culture; cultivate.
11.
a. to grow (microorganisms, tissues, etc.) in or on a controlled or defined medium.
b. to introduce (living material) into a culture medium.
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cul·ture
(kŭl′chər)Noun
1. A medium for the growth of microorganisms or a batch of cells under specific conditions in a laboratory.
2. Living material, such as a colony of cells or microorganisms, grown in a culture.
Verb
To grow microorganisms or a batch of cells in a culture.
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culture
A feature of the terrain that has been constructed by man. Included are such items as roads, buildings, and canals; boundary lines; and, in a broad sense, all names and legends on a map.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
culture
Past participle: cultured
Gerund: culturing
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| Noun | 1. |  culture - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures society - an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization subculture - a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs Aegean civilisation, Aegean civilization, Aegean culture - the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries; "by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery" Helladic civilisation, Helladic civilization, Helladic culture - the bronze-age culture of mainland Greece that flourished 2500-1100 BC Indus civilization - the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC Minoan civilisation, Minoan civilization, Minoan culture - the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC Mycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean culture - the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culture - the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America Western civilization, Western culture - the modern culture of western Europe and North America; "when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea" |
| 2. | culture - the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" counterculture - a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture mass culture - the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media letters - the literary culture; "this book shows American letters at its best" | |
| 3. | culture - all the knowledge and values shared by a society cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned meme - a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation); "memes are the cultural counterpart of genes" | |
| 4. | culture - (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish" starter - a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" | |
| 5. | culture - 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 | |
| 6. | culture - 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" attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" cyberculture - the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business Kalashnikov culture - the attitudes and behavior in a social group that resolves political disputes by force of arms; "the Kalashnikov culture in Afghanistan" mosaic culture - a highly diverse culture; "the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts" | |
| 7. | culture - the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters" cultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) cranberry culture - the cultivation of cranberries monoculture - the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country) tillage - the cultivation of soil for raising crops viniculture, viticulture - the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing | |
| Verb | 1. | culture - grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms" grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" |
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culture
noun
1. the arts France's Minister of Culture and Education
2. civilization, society, customs, way of life people of different cultures
3. lifestyle, habit, way of life, mores Social workers say this has created a culture of dependency.
4. refinement, education, breeding, polish, enlightenment, accomplishment, sophistication, good taste, erudition, gentility, urbanity He was a well-travelled man of culture and breeding.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
culture
noun1. The total product of human creativity and intellect:
2. Enlightenment and excellent taste resulting from intellectual development:
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Translations
kultuur
استِنْبات بَكْتيريتربية تِجاريّه لِلحَيواناتثقافةثَقَافَةثَقافَه
cultura
kulturapěstováníkultivovat
kulturkulturlivlevevisopdrætdannelse
πολιτισμόςec=Grekκουλτούρα
kulturo
kultuur
فرهنگ
kulttuuriviljely
לתרבתתרבות
संस्कृति
kultura
művelődésműveltségtenyészettermesztés
cultura
eldi, ræktunmenningmenning, menntunörverugróîursiîfágun, menntun, menning
文化培養
문화
cultura
išsilavinimasveisimas
kultūraaudzēšana
സംസ്ക്കാരം
cultură
kultúrapestovanie
kultura
kulturaкултура
kultur
วัฒนธรรม
văn hóavăn-hóa
culture
[ˈkʌltʃəʳ]A. N
1. (= the arts) → cultura f; (= civilization) → civilización f, cultura f
B. VT [+ tissue etc] → cultivar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
culture
[ˈkʌltʃər] n (= the arts, philosophy etc) → culture f popular culture
(= society, civilisation) → culture f
(behaviour and beliefs of a particular group) → culture f
enterprise culture → culture d'entreprise corporate culture, youth culture
enterprise culture → culture d'entreprise corporate culture, youth culture
(in laboratory) [cells, bacteria] → culture f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
culture
n
→ Kultur f; physical culture (dated) → Körperkultur f (dated); a man of culture/of no culture → ein kultivierter/unkultivierter Mann, ein Mann mit/ohne Kultur; to study German culture → die deutsche Kultur studieren; a culture of dependency, a dependency culture → eine Kultur der Abhängigkeit; the company culture → die Unternehmenskultur
culture
:culture fluid
n (Biol, Med) → Nährlösung f
culture gap
n → Kulturlücke f
culture medium
n (Biol, Med) → Kulturmedium nt, → (künstlicher) Nährboden
culture shock
n → Kulturschock m
culture vulture
n (hum) → Kulturfanatiker(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
culture
(ˈkaltʃə) noun1. a form or type of civilization of a certain race or nation. the Jewish culture.
2. improvement of the mind etc by education etc. He was an enthusiastic seeker of culture.
3. educated taste in art, literature, music etc. He thinks that anyone who dislikes Bach is lacking in culture.
4. (a) cultivated growth of bacteria etc.
5. the commercial rearing of fish, certain plants etc.
ˈcultural adjectiveˈcultured adjective
(negative uncultured) well-educated.
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culture
→ ثَقَافَة kultura kultur Kultur πολιτισμός cultura kulttuuri culture kultura cultura 文化 문화 cultuur kultur kultura cultura культура kultur วัฒนธรรม kültür văn hóa 文化Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cul·ture
n. cultivo, crecimiento artificial de microorganismos o células de tejido vivo en el laboratorio;
blood ___ → ___ de sangre; ___;
___ medium → medio de ___;
tissue ___ → ___ de tejido.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
culture
n cultura; (micro) cultivo; blood — hemocultivo (form), cultivo de sangre; — of safety (excellence, etc.) cultura de seguridad (excelencia, etc.); stool — coprocultivo (form), cultivo de heces (popó, etc.); throat — cultivo faríngeo (form), cultivo de garganta; urine — urocultivo (form), cultivo de orina; vt cultivarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.