conservation

B1
Pronunciation
/ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/
Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

2 Definition

Wise use of natural resources.

3 Definition

The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources

4 Definition

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

5 Definition

(culture) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts

6 Definition

Lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)