Look up: conservative

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   conservative
   [adj] - opposed to liberal reforms 2. [adj] - resistant to change 3. [n] - a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
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   conservative
   a hypothesis test is conservative if the actual significance level for the test is smaller than the stated significance level of the test.An example is the Kolmogorov-Smirnov distribution test,which becomes conservative when the parameters of the distribution are estimated from the data instead of being specified in advance.A conservative test may incorrectly fail to reject the null hypothesis,and...
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   Conservative
   Definition (advanced level) A force which conserves a particular quantity is called conservative.
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   Conservative
   Definition (undergraduate level) A field f ( x ) is conservative if for any closed curve C:<br /><br /> ∮ C F . dx = 0 <br /><br />i.e. the integral of f ( x ) round any closed curve is zero.<br /> This is the case if and only if we can write f ( x ) = - ∇ ϕ for some scalar field ϕ , called ...
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   Conservative
   Con·serv'a·tive adjective [ Confer French conservatif .] 1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative. 2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation. 3. Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, a ...
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   Conservative
   Con·serv'a·tive noun 1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver. « The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life. Jer. Taylor. » 2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary ...
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   conservative
   To preserve) designed to preserve health, restore function and repair structures by nonradical methods, as conservative surgery. ... Origin: L. Conservare ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   conservative
   adjective opposed to liberal reforms
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   conservative
   adjective resistant to change
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    conservative
    conservativist noun a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
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    conservative
    materialistic adjective conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; `a bourgeois mentality`
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    Conservative
    • (a.) Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical. • (n.) One who des...
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    conservative
    (L. conservare to preserve) designed to preserve health, restore function, and repair structures by nonradical methods, as conservative surgery.
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    conservative
    Denoting treatment by gradual, limited, or well-established procedures, as opposed to radical.
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