conservation

con·ser·va·tion  (knsûr-vshn)

n.

1. The act or process of conserving.

2.

a. Preservation or restoration from loss, damage, or neglect: manuscripts saved from deterioration under the program of library conservation.

b. The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water.

3. The maintenance of a physical quantity, such as energy or mass, during a physical or chemical change.

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conser·vation·al adj.

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conservation [ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃən]

n

1. the act or an instance of conserving or keeping from change, loss, injury, etc.

2.

a.  protection, preservation, and careful management of natural resources and of the environment

b.  (as modifier) a conservation area

conservational  adj

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conservation  (knsûr-vshn)

The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural environments and the ecological communities that inhabit them. Conservation is generally held to include the management of human use of natural resources for current public benefit and sustainable social and economic utilization.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	conservation - an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change preservation betterment, improvement, advance - a change for the better; progress in development
	2.	conservation - the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources preservation, saving - the activity of protecting something from loss or danger conservancy - the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc. soil conservation - protection of soil against erosion or deterioration oil conservation - the conservation of petroleum resources water conservation - the conservation of water resources
	3.	conservation - (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations principle - a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy" natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" conservation of charge, conservation of electricity - the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system conservation of energy, first law of thermodynamics, law of conservation of energy - the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes conservation of mass, conservation of matter, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter - a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system conservation of momentum - the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system conservation of parity, mirror symmetry, space-reflection symmetry, parity - (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system

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conservation

noun

1. preservation, saving, protection, maintenance, custody, safeguarding, upkeep, guardianship, safekeeping Attention must be paid to the conservation of the environment.

2. economy, saving, thrift, husbandry, careful management, thriftiness projects aimed at energy conservation

Translations

conservation [ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃən]

A. N → conservación f, protección f
energy conservation → la conservación de la energía

B. CPD conservation area N → zona f declarada de patrimonio histórico-artístico; (= nature reserve) → zona f protegida
see also nature B

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conservation [ˌkɒnsə^rˈveɪʃ^ən] n [nature, place] → préservation f, protection f
nature conservation → protection f de la nature
energy conservation → économies fpl d'énergie
conservation area (British) n

(for birds, animals) → secteur m sauvegardé

(for buildings) → site m classé

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conservation

n

(= preservation) → Erhaltung f, → Schutz m; conservation technology → Umweltschutztechnik f

(Phys) → Erhaltung f

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conservation [ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃ/ən] n → conservazione f, tutela; (of nature) → tutela dell'ambiente
energy conservation → risparmio energetico

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conservation, conservatism

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conservation → المُحافظة على الموارد الطبيعية konzervace bevarelse Erhaltung διατήρηση protección luonnonsuojelu préservation očuvanje conservazione 保全 보존 conservatie bevaring ochrona conservação охрана bevarande การอนุรักษ์ธรรมชาติและสภาพแวดล้อม koruma sự bảo tồn 保存