Definition of Cultures. Meaning of Cultures. Synonyms of Cultures

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Definition of Cultures

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.
Culture
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. --Pepe. 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. --J. C. Shairp. The list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its culture. --Tylor. 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
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. --Usher.

Meaning of Cultures from wikipedia

- concept of a society. Cultures are internally affected by both forces encouraging change and forces resisting change. Cultures are externally affected...
- extra-European cultures in North America, Asia, and especially in Latin America. Within the realm of po****r culture, there exists an organizational culture. From...
- significant diversity between the various cultures affiliating with this shared socio-cultural heritage. Thus, those cultures identifying with the West and with...
- The Universal Forum of Cultures (Catalan: Fòrum de les Cultures, was an international cultural event intended to take place every three years. This event...
- the impact of Internet culture on predominately offline societies and cultures has been extensive, and elements of internet culture are increasingly impacting...
- from place to place within the country. Indian culture, often labelled as a combination of several cultures, has been influenced by a history that is several...
- Institute of Texan Cultures. Institute of Texan Cultures A Guide to the University of Texas at San Antonio: Institute of Texan Cultures Records, University...
- leading him to write a 1963 follow-up, The Two Cultures: And a Second Look: An Expanded Version of The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. Snow's position...
- This list of pre-Columbian cultures includes those civilizations and cultures of the Americas which flourished prior to the European colonization of the...
- cultures became central to the discipline. Kossinna saw the archaeological record as a mosaic of clearly defined cultures (or Kultur-Gruppen, culture...