Culture
Translation- 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.
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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. [1913 Webster]
If vain our toil We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. --Pepe. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its culture. --Tylor. [1913 Webster]
4. (Biol.) (a) The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular organisms) in artificial media or under artificial conditions. (b) The collection of organisms resulting from such a cultivation.
Note: The growth of cells obtained from multicellular animals or plants in artificial media is called {tissue culture}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Note: The word is used adjectively with the above senses in many phrases, such as: culture medium, any one of the various mixtures of gelatin, meat extracts, etc., in which organisms cultivated; culture flask, culture oven, culture tube, gelatin culture, plate culture, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. (Cartography) Those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Culture fluid}, {Culture medium} a fluid in which microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of study or as a means of modifying their virulence. If the fluid is gelled by, for example, the use of agar, it then is called, depending on the vessel in which the gelled medium is contained, a plate, a slant, or a stab. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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culture — 1> культура Ex: ancient culture древняя культура Ex: Greek culture греческая культура Ex: physical culture физкультура Ex: he is a man of considerable culture он человек большой культуры Ex: a man of little culture малокультурный человек; невежда … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
culture — noun 1) культура 2) сельскохозяйственная культура 3) разведение,возделывание culture of vine (oysters, etc.) разведение виноградной лозы(устриц и т. п.) 4) bacter. культура, выращивание бактерий 5) отметки и назва ния на топографических картах … Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
Culture — Cul ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cultured} ( t?rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Culturing}.] To cultivate; to educate. [1913 Webster] They came . . . into places well inhabited and cultured. Usher. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Culture — For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). Petroglyphs in modern day Gobustan, Azerbaijan, dating back to 10 000 BCE indicating a thriving culture … Wikipedia
Culture — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Culture (homonymie). En philosophie, le mot culture désigne ce qui est différent de la nature, c est à dire ce qui est de l ordre de l acquis et non de l inné. La culture a longtemps été considérée comme un trait … Wikipédia en Français
culture — /kul cheuhr/, n., v., cultured, culturing. n. 1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. 2. that which is excellent in the arts, manners,… … Universalium
culture — 1) культура 2) культивирование, выращивание; культивировать, выращивать adhesive culture 1) культура в капле среды на покровном стекле 2) культура прикрепившихся к субстрату клеток, адгезионная культура agar bone marrow culture агаровая культура… … Англо-русский словарь по иммунологии
culture — 1) культура 2) культивирование, выращивание • agar culture agar streak culture axenic culture batch culture broth culture cell culture closed culture contaminated culture continuous flow culture fed batch culture germ culture impure culture late… … Англо-русский словарь технических терминов
culture — f 1) культура; образованность culture générale общее образование culture classique классическое образование culture historique исторические знания, знания (в области) истории culture philosophique философское образование culture politique… … Большой французско-русский и русско-французский словарь
CULTURE — n. f. Ensemble des travaux qui servent à rendre la terre plus fertile et à améliorer ses productions. La culture des champs. La culture des vignes, des plantes, des fleurs. Culture jardinière, maraîchère. Frais de culture. Grande culture, se… … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
Фильмы
- Pages of Starts., 1967 — Annotation: About the history of sport development in Soviet country. Film description: From the history of sport in the USSR. Lenin's decree on the organization of the Institute of Physical Culture…
- Hello, Cuba!, 1973 — Annotation: About the Days of Culture of the Republic of Cuba in the Soviet Union. History: In the summer of 1973 in the Soviet Union days of culture of Cuba on the 20 th anniversary of the Cuban…
- "Sovetskaya kultura" ["Soviet Culture"] Newspaper, 1974 — Annotation: The film acquaints with numerous columns, with the range of issues which are permanently highlighted by the newspaper "Sovetskaya Kultura" ["Soviet Culture"]. Film description: The film…