culture

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culture[1,noun] culture[2,transitive verb] culture shock pure culture slant culture stab culture tissue culture

Main Entry: ¹cul·ture
Pronunciation: kl-chr
Function: noun
1 a : the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action, and artifacts and depends upon the human capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b : the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
2 a : the act or process of growing living material (as bacteria or viruses) in prepared nutrient media b : a product of cultivation in nutrient media
- cul·tur·al /klch(-)-rl/ adjective
- cul·tur·al·ly /-r-l/ adverb