What does the word cultivation mean?
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The act of cultivating or of making cultures( as of bacteria). Fractional c., c. in which a small portion of a culture, that contains a variety of bacteria, is utilized for forming a new culture, and a small portion of this again for forming a new one, and so on until finally a pure culture is obtained.
Usage examples for cultivation
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No people were seen in The Mountains, and very little cultivation. – Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 by James Richardson
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The essence of the matter, from the point of view of the individual who has this point of view, is the cultivation of will at the expense of perception, the fervent moral belief that it is our duty to force other people to realize our conception of the world. – The Problem of China by Bertrand Russell
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The Dog Spring between Pruntrut and Bressancourt has entirely vanished since the surrounding forest- grounds were brought under cultivation. – The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
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