Hypertext Webster Gateway: "culture"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
culture
n 1: a particular civilization at a particular stage
2: the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social
group
3: all the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: {acculturation}]
4: (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium
(such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a
Petri dish"
5: 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 [syn: {polish}, {refinement}, {cultivation},
{finish}]
6: the raising of plants or animals: "the culture of oysters"
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