Let me join the fun. I am too lazy to browse the Internet for any definition, so would use my knowledge of definition of culture learned 25 years ago in my Sociology class.
Culture generally refers to all human-made tangible and non tangible processes and ends. Tangible includes all hardwares including for examples automobile, computer, furniture, and etc. More important is the intangible world which includes values, beliefs and ya de ya de ya da.
Canadian culture, for instance, values respect, honesty, integrity and equality, which translate into social policy of self reporting tax system and welfare network to protect the weakest in the society.
Culture is either right or wrong. The norm is generally accepted by most members of the community. Something which is acceptable in one society can be unacceptable in the other.
Culture consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people's minds.
...aspects of popular culture.
...France's Minister of Culture and Education.
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A culture is a particular society or civilization, especially considered in relation to its beliefs, way of life, or art.
...people from different cultures...
I was brought up in a culture that said you must put back into the society what you have taken out.
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The culture of a particular organization or group consists of the habits of the people in it and the way they generally behave.
But social workers say that this has created a culture of dependency, particularly in urban areas...
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In science, a culture is a group of bacteria or cells which are grown, usually in a laboratory as part of an experiment. (TECHNICAL)
...a culture of human cells.
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In science, to culture a group of bacteria or cells means to grow them, usually in a laboratory as part of an experiment. (TECHNICAL)
To confirm the diagnosis, the hospital laboratory must culture a colony of bacteria.
回答者:tatyu - 举人 五级
Your answer is really great!
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I just hope all the English learners in China will keep all this in mind...