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conservation
controlled use and protection of natural resources, as forests, wetlands, endangered species, etc.
Not to be confused with:
conversation – talk; spoken exchange of ideas, feelings, thoughts, and opinions
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con·ser·va·tion
(kŏn′sûr-vā′shən)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.
con′ser·va′tion·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.
ˌconserˈvational adj
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con•ser•va•tion
(ˌkɒn sərˈveɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation.
2. the controlled utilization or official supervision of natural resources in order to preserve or protect them or to prevent depletion.
3. the restoration and preservation of works of art.
con`ser•va′tion•al, adj.
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con·ser·va·tion
(kŏn′sûr-vā′shən)1. The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and natural resources such as forests and water.
2. The continuance of a physical quantity, such as mass, in the same amount during a physical or chemical change.
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conservation
Protecting the environment.
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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
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conservation
nounThe careful guarding of an asset:
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Translations
الـمُحَافِظَةُ عَلَى الطَبِيعَةمُحافَظَه عَلى، حِفْظ
ochranazachování
bevarelsebevaring
luonnonsuojelu
očuvanje
természetvédelem
varîveisla; náttúruvernd
保全
보존
ohranitevzaščita
bevarande
การอนุรักษ์ธรรมชาติและสภาพแวดล้อม
sự bảo tồn
conservation
[ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃən]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
conservation
[ˌkɒnsərˈveɪʃən] n [nature, place] → préservation f, protection fnature conservation → protection f de la nature
energy conservation → économies fpl d'énergieconservation area (British) n
(for birds, animals) → secteur m sauvegardé
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conservation
n
(Phys) → Erhaltung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
conservation
[ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃ/ən] n → conservazione f, tutela; (of nature) → tutela dell'ambienteenergy conservation → risparmio energetico
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
conserve
(kənˈsəːv) verb to keep from changing, being damaged or lost. We must conserve the country's natural resources; This old building should be conserved.
noun something preserved, eg fruits in sugar, jam etc.
ˌconserˈvation (kon-) noun the act of conserving especially wildlife, the countryside, old buildings etc.
ˌconserˈvationist (kon-) noun a person who is interested in conservation.
conˈservatism (-vətizəm) noun dislike of change.
conˈservative (-tiv) adjective1. disliking change. Older people tend to be conservative in their attitudes; conservative opinions.
2. in politics, wanting to avoid major changes and to keep business and industry in private hands.
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conservation
→ الـمُحَافِظَةُ عَلَى الطَبِيعَة ochrana bevarelse Erhaltung διατήρηση protección, protección del medio ambiente luonnonsuojelu préservation očuvanje conservazione 保全 보존 conservatie bevaring ochrona conservação охрана bevarande การอนุรักษ์ธรรมชาติและสภาพแวดล้อม koruma sự bảo tồn 保存Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
con·ser·va·tion
n. conservación, preservación.
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