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...
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- the Middle kingdoms exported Dravidian language scripts and religious cultures to the kingdoms of Southeast Asia. In the early mediaeval era, Christianity...
- in pure culture, it is necessary to preserve it in a viable state for further study and use in cultures called stock cultures. These cultures have to...
- of **** and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures Topics and Cultures A–K—Volume 1; Cultures L–Z. Springer. pp. 207–. ISBN 978-0-306-47770-6....
- Microbial food cultures are live bacteria, yeasts or moulds used in food production. Microbial food cultures carry out the fermentation process in foodstuffs...
- "Ancient Nubia: A-Group 3800–3100 BC | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures". Retrieved 17 December 2023. Walz, Terence (2018). "Egyptian-Sudanese...