conservation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Wise use of natural resources.

   “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …”

2. 2
   noun

   the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

3. 3
   noun

   (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations

4. 4
   noun

   an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

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

7. 7
   noun

   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

8. 8
   noun

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

Etymology

From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.