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archival Definition

ar·chi·val (är kīvəl, ärkī′vəl; ärkə-)

adjective

of, in, or containing archives

archival Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • datum: The DACs were responsible for the quality assurance, distribution and archival of the data.

Modifies a noun

  • footage: And probably sifting through another 200 hours of archival footage.
  • accrual: ARCHIVAL INFORMATION Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
  • holding: Archival holdings are usually unique documents, which can also be fragile.
  • matte: For archival matte and Hahnemuehle I use the epson USA enhanced matte profile.
  • material: Consequently, very limited archival material survived in China.
  • repository: The site provides briefly annotated links to UK and overseas archival repositories.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: Reading only archival documents, newspapers or the political press cannot convey this.
  • fully: The results are stunning, fully archival Bromide prints, giving you the best of digital and analog technologies combined.
  • mostly: Mostly archival sources are used in preparing this research paper.

Used with adjective complement

  • use: Small tears are fixed using archival Document Repair Tape.
  • encode: The EAD Document Type Definition ( DTD ) is a standard for encoding archival finding aids for collections of material using SGML.