conservation

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Synonyms: consternation, observation, conservative, conservator, consecration, conversation, conservatism, concertation, reconservation, coacervation, consertion

Antonyms: consternation, observation, conservative, conservator, consecration, conversation, conservatism, concertation, reconservation, coacervation, consertion

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Noun

1. The act of [[preserve|preserving]], [[guard]]ing, or [[protect]]ing; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
2. Wise use of [[natural resources]].
3. {{lb|en|biology}} The discipline concerned with protection of [[biodiversity]], the [[environment]], and [[natural resources]]
4. {{lb|en|biology}} 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
5. {{lb|en|culture}} The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
6. {{lb|en|physics}} lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)

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