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UK
/kˌɒnsəvˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌkɑnsɝˈveɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌkɑnsɝˈveɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
- (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
- an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
How To Use conservation In A Sentence
- A study by Conservation International, an American organisation, found that nearly a third of frogs, toads, newts and other amphibian species were likely to disappear within 100 years.
- Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent. Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge
- From peeper scopes to duct tape -- learn more about the cool tools Nature Conservancy scientists use to solve conservation issues. Conservation Tools: 'Very Pistols,' Underwater Paper, Amphibious Vehicles And Other Cool Gadgets Used By The Nature Conservancy Scientists (PHOTOS)
- The final proposals were a rather unsuccessful compromise between the need for profitability and the demands of local conservationists.
- Its plans are likely to be fiercely opposed by residents, conservation groups and some environmentalists concerned at the impact on the landscape. Times, Sunday Times
- The avatar would greet drivers and give them information and personalized feedback using conservational language. Ford to Enhance Sync With 'Apps' and Avatars
- He said last night the move would prevent the waters from being looted and pillaged by other EU members, and introduce effective conservation of fish stocks.
- The model involved in particle charging equation, electric field and charge conservation equation, gas conservation equations of mass and momentum, particle mass and momentum equation.
- As a result, the area of the plateau outside the existing reserves was given the less restrictive tenure of conservation area.
- Pity the turtles and cherish them, for they too are on the conservationist's list of vulnerable species and in danger of extinction.