culture vs grounding

culture

noun
  • Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings. 

  • A group of bacteria. 

  • The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation. 

  • The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society. 

  • 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. 

  • Cultivation. 

  • The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium. 

  • The growth thus produced. 

  • The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life. 

  • A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society. 

  • Ethnicity, race (and its associated arts, customs, etc.) 

verb
  • to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate) 

  • to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate) 

grounding

noun
  • Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline. 

  • The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water. 

  • The absorption of energy through visualized "roots" descending from oneself into the ground, using chi. 

  • The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.). 

  • The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience. 

  • The interconnecting metal chassis/frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation. 

  • The background of embroidery, etc. 

  • The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action. 

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