Conservation Definition

kŏnsûr-vāshən
noun
The act or practice of conserving; protection from loss, waste, etc.; preservation.
Webster's New World
The official care, protection, or management of natural resources.
Webster's New World
The preservation, reconditioning, and restoration of works of art.
Webster's New World
The maintenance of a physical quantity, such as energy or mass, during a physical or chemical change.
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A wise use of natural resources.

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Origin of Conservation

  • From Old French

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Conservation Sentence Examples

  • The conservation policy saved the animals that were at risk.

  • Newton had divined the principle of the conservation of energy, so far as it belongs purely to mechanics.

  • From the earliest times the conservation of water has been one of the serious cares of the Arabs.

  • You can have water conservation at home.

  • The beginnings of modern thermochemistry, though made independently of the doctrine of the conservation of energy, are practically contemporaneous with the recognition of that law, and without it the science could scarcely have reached the degree of development which it rapidly attained.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With C12 Letter Words Ending With N