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English noun: conservation

1. conservation (event) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change


Synonymspreservation


Broader (hypernym)advance, betterment, improvement

2. conservation (act) the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources


Broader (hypernym)preservation, saving


Narrower (hyponym)conservancy, oil conservation, soil conservation, water conservation

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


Broader (hypernym)principle


Narrower (hyponym)conservation of charge, conservation of electricity, conservation of energy, conservation of mass, conservation of matter, conservation of momentum, conservation of parity, first law of thermodynamics, law of conservation of energy, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter, mirror symmetry, parity, space-reflection symmetry


Domain categorynatural philosophy, physics









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