Word Finder - conservation

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The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

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Wise use of natural resources.

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The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources

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Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor

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(culture) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts

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Lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)

The conservation policy saved the animals that were at risk.

Newton had divined the principle of the conservation of energy, so far as it belongs purely to mechanics.

From the earliest times the conservation of water has been one of the serious cares of the Arabs.

You can have water conservation at home.

The beginnings of modern thermochemistry, though made independently of the doctrine of the conservation of energy, are practically contemporaneous with the recognition of that law, and without it the science could scarcely have reached the degree of development which it rapidly attained.

It was long believed that work done against such forces was lost, and it was not till the r9th century that the energy thus transformed was traced; the conservation of energy has become the master-key to unlock the connexions in inanimate nature.

Farmers must adhere to soil and water conservation methods.

One of their early successes in conservation was the preservation of the Hawaiian goose.

Of building-stone, clay, cement, lime, sand and salt, the countrys supply was estimated by the National Conservation Commission of 1908 to be ample.

But as the pressure of population on the soil became more dense, and the construction of railways increased the demand for fuel, the question of forest conservation forced itself into notice.

There is a lot of useful information available online about rain water conservation.

There are steps that everyone can take to cut down on the use of water that can have a positive impact on conservation.

Choose products with recycled packaging to support current conservation efforts.

If the system is supposed to obey the conservation of energy and to move solely under its own internal forces, the changes in the co-ordinates and momenta can be found from the Hamiltonian equations aE aE qr = 49 - 1 57., gr where q r denotes dg r ldt, &c., and E is the total energy expressed as a function of pi, qi,.

An investigation was made in 1908 for the National Conservation Commission of the ore reserves of the country.

Indiscriminate timber-cutting has been prohibited, the burning of the jungle by the hill tribes has been confined within bounds, large areas have been surveyed and demarcated, plantations have been laid out, and, generally, forest conservation has become a reality.

Thomson (Lord Kelvin), he may be regarded as one of the founders of the now universally received law of the conservation of energy.

The destruction of the forests by timbercutters and charcoal-burners has been allowed to go on unchecked, no plantations have been laid out, and nothing has been done for forest conservation.

The principle which he adopted is that of virtual velocities, a principle which under his hands was gradually transforming itself into what is now known as the principle of the conservation of energy.

In more recent times the method of Gauss has been modified so as to take account of the variation of density near the surface, and its language has been translated in terms of the modern doctrine of the conservation of energy.'

By the principle of the conservation of energy, any displacement of the liquid by which its energy is diminished will tend to take place of itself.

There is therefore, even in the best cases, a wide field for the conservation and utilization of water hitherto entirely wasted.

It is not half so wonderful as the conservation of force or the indestructibility of matter...

If, as Huxley admits, even putting it with unnecessary force against himself,"the immortality of man is not half so wonderful as the conservation of force or the indestructibility of matter," the question then is, how far a critical analysis of our belief in the last-named doctrines will leave us in a position to regard them as the last stage in systematic thinking.

On the other hand it is asserted that quite apart from any particular view as to the relation between mind and body the existence of the freedom of the will is necessarily incompatible with the principle of the conservation of energy and is therefore in direct contradiction to many if not most of the assured conclusions of the physical sciences.

Nor, finally, is the last defensive position of scientific determinism - the theory, namely, that the freedom of the will is incompatible with the doctrine of the conservation of energy - to be accepted without question.

In this feature, and in its almost universal conservation of the final vowels e, i, u (o), Castiian comes very near Italian, while it separates from it and approaches the Gallo-Roman by its modification of the consonants.

Mayer and Joule, and placed the dynamical theory of heat and the fundamental principle of the conservation of energy in a position to command universal acceptance.

In connexion with national resources he advocated development without waste as being reasonable conservation.

The challenge was acknowledged when designing and implementing conservation programs.

Therefore, zero or minimum tillage and direct seeding are important elements of conservation agriculture.

It also abuts onto the Crystal Palace Conservation area.

Conservation volunteering is a worthwhile and healthy outdoor activity which makes a pleasant change from sitting at a desk!

Indeed, the zoo experience may make people even more apathetic about conservation.

Voluntary work with animals - Orang-utan Conservation Another gravely endangered species is the orang-utan ape - the only great ape found outside of Africa.

The speakers waxed lyrically about the fresh water aquatic conservation center, which they hope to bring to a disused clay pit near Bedford.

A similar system could be used in SCUBA diving, coral reef conservation, salvage and marine archeology.

The plan has been developed in association with conservation architect Rodney Melville and Partners.

Arkive's online species profiles include scientifically authenticated fact-files and links to further information services and relevant conservation organizations.

The survey is a framework for conservation and provides a bench mark to monitor future losses.

This aspect of our conservation biology work is already well developed under the able leadership of Peter Harvey.

We will normally prepare a conservation brief which will be made available to you so the scope and costs of adaptation can be considered.

Undertake pilot studies to develop and refine ex situ conservation techniques for this species and other threatened bryophytes.

Conservation Considerations In East London, the decline of the humble bumble is overwhelmingly the result of wasteland loss to development.

The great conservation concern for the welfare of the noble chafer is the continuing loss of old orchards.

All the conservation bodies involved have made it clear from the start that there is no quarrel with replacing the chairlift.

The North West region gained an extra special commendation for its conservation work.

Wildfowl Conservation In 1949 the nature conservancy came into being.

Outdoors Clubs and Societies A number of groups have been formed to promote conservation and the effective management of nature areas.

See our section on Beyond SSSIs for more information on geological conservation outside of the SSSI series and for links to partner organizations.