Technology:
Internet Definition: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=technology
Noun
- S: (n) technology, engineering (the practical application of science to commerce or industry)
- S: (n) engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems) "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"
Technology: N. (Science of) practical or industrial art(s); ethnological study of development of such arts; application of science; hence technological: A. ~IST.
Creativity:
Internet Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new (a product, a solution, a work of art etc.) that has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs. What counts as "valuable" is similarly defined in a variety of ways.
Scholarly interest in creativity ranges widely: the relationship between creativity and general intelligence; the mental and neurological processes associated with creative activity; personality type and creative ability; creativity and mental health; creativity in education; and ways of fostering creativity through training and technology.
Oxford Dictionary Definition:
Creative: A. Creating; able to create; inventive, imaginative; showing imagination as well as routine skill; hence ~LY adv. ~NESS, creativity, ns. f.create+ -IVE.
Culture:
Internet Definition: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=culture
Noun
- S: (n) culture, civilization, civilisation (a particular society at a particular time and place) "early Mayan civilization"
- S: (n) culture (the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group)
- S: (n) acculturation, culture (all the knowledge and values shared by a society)
- S: (n) culture ((biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)) "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
- S: (n) polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish (a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality) "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
- S: (n) culture (the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization) "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
- S: (n) culture (the raising of plants or animals) "the culture of oysters"
Verb
Oxford Dictionary Definition:Culture N. 1. Tillage of soil; rearing, production, (of bees, oysters, fish, silk, bacteria); quantity of bacteria thus produced. 2. Improvement by (mental or physical) training; intellectual development; particular form, stage or type of intellectual development or civilisation (the two ~S, literature and science); ~vulture, person eager to aquire culture. 3. Hence cultural a. relating to culture of mind or manners. 4. v.t. Cultivate (bacteria etc., or fig.) esp. in p.p.pr. -cherd; ~d pearl (formed by oyster after insertion of suitable foreign body)
