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CONSERVATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conservation" is a kind of...):
preservation; saving (the activity of protecting something from loss or danger)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conservation"):
conservancy (the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.)
soil conservation (protection of soil against erosion or deterioration)
oil conservation (the conservation of petroleum resources)
water conservation (the conservation of water resources)
Derivation:
conservationist (someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution)
conserve (keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conservation" is a kind of...):
principle (a basic truth or law or assumption)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conservation"):
conservation of charge; conservation of electricity (the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system)
conservation of energy; first law of thermodynamics; law of conservation of energy (the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes)
conservation of mass; conservation of matter; law of conservation of mass; law of conservation of matter (a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system)
conservation of momentum (the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system)
conservation of parity; mirror symmetry; parity; space-reflection symmetry ((physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system)
Derivation:
conserve (keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
Synonyms:
conservation; preservation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("conservation" is a kind of...):
advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)
Derivation:
conservationist (someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution)
conserve (keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction)
Context examples:
A high salt diet increased glucocorticoid levels, causing muscle and liver to burn more energy to produce urea, which was then used in the kidney for water conservation.
(How the body regulates salt levels, NIH)
This research has important implications for the conservation and management of natural resources, especially related to natural hazards such as earthquakes as well as the impacts of human visitation.
(Song of the red rock arches, National Science Foundation)
The findings caution against using species counts as the sole measure of success for conservation efforts.
(Diverse Bee Communities Best for Apple Orchards, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Oregon State University scientists led an international study that provides a road map as conservation managers consider the effects of forest edges on wildlife in setting up reserves.
(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)
The findings may have important conservation implications for declining populations of golden-winged warblers.
(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)
Conservation management of species of concern on islands often involves getting rid of invasive predators.
(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)
Studies such as this highlight the need for long-term and multidisciplinary research, as well as international cooperation in the development of scientific, management, and conservation plans for the polar regions.
(Warming at the poles will have global consequences, National Science Foundation)
Creating and maintaining successful conservation policy means constantly looking for breakdowns in the system.
(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)
Sites with less forest cover due to human activity, such as farming, have less saturated soundscapes versus those with high forest cover, such as conservation and hunting zones.
(Scientists record the sound of intact forest, SciDev.Net)
Alexander Watson, a biologist at conservation group, WWF Australia, who has worked with Aboriginal rangers in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia, says it is an extraordinary discovery.
(Aboriginal Rangers Find Evidence of One of Australia’s Rarest Birds, VOA)
