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conservation

/ˌkɑnsɚˈveɪʃən/

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What does conservation mean?

noun

  1. The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
  2. Wise use of natural resources.
  3. The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
  2. The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
  3. lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌkɑnsɚˈveɪʃən/

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And by consequence, such augmentation of dominion over men, being necessary to a mans conservation, it ought to be allowed him.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207
Wherever the conditions are favorable, fall sowing should be practiced, for it is in harmony with the best principles of water conservation.
John Andreas WidtsoeDry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low RainfallProject Gutenberg ebook #4924
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The success of the conservation movement in the United States depends in the end on the understanding the women have of it.
Gifford PinchotThe Fight for ConservationProject Gutenberg ebook #11238
Correct education could not come into existence until an ideal state existed, and after that education would be devoted simply to its conservation.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
We began the 20th century with a choice, to harness the Industrial Revolution to our values of free enterprise, conservation, and human decency.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925