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Conservation   /kˌɑnsərvˈeɪʃən/   Listen
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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. "A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism." "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation."
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.), the principle that the total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.






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"Conservation" Quotes from Famous Books



... of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, so far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, including the most important work of saving and restoring our forests and the great improvement of waterways, are all proper government ...
— United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches - From Washington to George W. Bush • Various

... therefore assume that there is conservation in selection against characters having multiple functions. Since bone is an organ system that plays a multiple role in the vertebrate organism, a change in the selective pressures that affect one of the roles of bone can only be effective within the limits set ...
— The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles • Richard C. Fox

... the doctrine of the conservation of energy, which is made prominent throughout the work. But the leading feature of the book—one that distinguishes it from all others—is, that it is strictly experiment-teaching in its method; i.e., it leads ...
— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany - For High Schools and Elementary College Courses • Douglas Houghton Campbell

... ultimate oneness of all things, converge in the faith that All is God, and God is All. For certainly, the latest observations on Matter suggest that all forms of it are variations of one ultimate Substance. And the convertibility of forces, as well as the conservation of force, point to one eternal energy. Nor is the duality thus suggested any final conclusion. For few, I imagine, would now contend that, in the last result Matter and Force are fundamentally different ...
— Pantheism, Its Story and Significance - Religions Ancient And Modern • J. Allanson Picton

... in a simple and interesting manner the principles of conservation of natural resources has long been wanted, or there has been little on the subject that could be placed in the hands of pupils. It is to answer this need that Fairbanks' ...
— Common Science • Carleton W. Washburne


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