cultures
noun
- 1
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
- 2
The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
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The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society.
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Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
- 5
Cultivation.
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The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
- 7
The growth thus produced.
“I'm headed to the lab to make sure my cell culture hasn't died.”
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A group of bacteria.
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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.
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A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.
verb
- 1
To maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
- 2
To increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)
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