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conservation
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Conservation
Having received an object, the conservator's task usually includes cleaning, documentation and analysis, and finally, stabilisation. Wood and organic material can be stabilised using freeze-drying or PEG. Metal can sometimes be treated with electrolysis. More info. Found op http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/glossary.htm
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Conservation
Preserving and renewing, when possible, human and natural resources. The use, protection, and improvement of natural resources according to principles that will ensure their highest economic or social benefits. Found op http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
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Conservation
When a quantity (e.g. electric charge, energy, or momentum) is conserved, it is the same after a reaction between particles as it was before. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Conservation
The protection of an area, or particular element within an area, accepting the dynamic nature of the environment and therefore allowing change. Found op http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/swces/products/glossary.htm
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Conservation
preservation of the natural environment Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Conservation
The management of a dynamic ecosystem in a sustainable way. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Conservation
The management of a dynamic ecosystem in a sustainable way. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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conservation
[n] - an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change 2. [n] - (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations 3. [n] - the preservation and careful management of the environment and ... Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=conservation
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Conservation
recognises that natural communities of plants and animals are not static and it involves preventing any development that would alter or destroy natural habitat but not interfering unduly with ecological changes that occur naturally
Found op http://www.epaw.co.uk/EPT/glossary.html
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Conservation
See also PRESERVATION (443), REPAIR (478), RESTORATION (485) The physical and chemical stabilisation and treatment of materials, including the restoration of rare and valuable objects
Found op http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#5
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Conservation
Work carried out to with the aim of maintaining or restoring the important features of a bridge, in particular the visible parts of its structure.
Found op http://www.smart.salford.ac.uk/technicalinfo.php?tech=glossary
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Conservation
The management of human use of the biosphere so that it may yield the greatest sustainable benefit to current generations while maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations: Thus conservation is positive, embracing preservation, maintenance, sustainable utilisati... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20945
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Conservation
The principles and practice of the science of preventing species extinctions. Found op http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Townsend/Glossary/GlossaryC.html
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Conservation
Con`ser·va'tion noun [ Latin conservatio : confer French conservation .] The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. « A step necessary for the conservation... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/141
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conservation
Efficiency of energy use, production, transmission, or distribution that results in a decrease of energy consumption while providing the same level of service. ... (05 Dec 1998) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?conservation
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conservation
preservation noun an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conservation
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conservation
noun the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conservation
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conservation
noun (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conservation
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conservation
the protection of a natural resource, usually by planned management, to prevent its depletion or destruction
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Conservation
• (n.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/conservation/
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conservation
(from the article `human behaviour`) ...but thin sausage, the five-year-old will tend to say that the untouched sphere has more clay in it than the sausage-shaped object does. A ... ...learns to focus on single perceptual dimensions, such as colour and size. The third, the concrete-operational perio... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/130
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conservation
study of the loss of Earth`s biological diversity and the ways this loss can be prevented. Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is the variety of ... [39 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/130
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Conservation
[psychology] Conservation refers to a logical thinking ability which, according to the psychologist Jean Piaget becomes evident in children aged 7-12 during the concrete operations stage of their development. It is part of Piaget`s theory of cognitive development, to logically determine that... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_(psychology)
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Conservation
[genetics] For botany related stubs (such as articles on plant morphology), use {botany-stub} rather than putting it in this category ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_(genetics)
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Conservation
[ethic] Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as imp... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_(ethic)
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