Preservation
[prezə'veɪʃ(ə)n] or [,prɛzɚ'veʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of protecting something from loss or danger.
(noun.) a process that saves organic substances from decay.
(noun.) the condition of being (well or ill) preserved.
Typist: Vivienne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.
Typist: Thaddeus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Maintenance, conservation, protection.[2]. Security, safety, salvation.
Typed by Judy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Safety, security, conservation, integrity, protection, nurture, guardianship,care
ANT:Abandonment, exposure, peril, insecurity,[See IMPAIRMENT], infringement,injury, damage
Inputed by Edgar
Examples
- The preservation of food is also dependent on ammonia, which produces the refrigerating effect in the numerous cold storage houses and artificial ice plants in this country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Preservation of Wood and Metal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This principle of preservation, or the survival of the fittest, I have called natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The preservation of languages by exact reproduction of the manner of pronouncing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What I have said as to the temporary preservation of fish by fishmongers applies equally to the preservation of meat and fowls by butchers and poulterers. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- At No. 8 is illustrated the preservation of liquid air by surrounding it with a vacuum in a Dewar bulb. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And, unlike these, it does not need to be tarred for preservation, as it is not injured by the salt water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The same necessity of self-preservation, and the same motive of public good, give them the same liberty in the one case as in the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- On the contrary, it would have been better, for his preservation would then have naturally and tenderly addressed my heart. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They have no sense of self-preservation and so are entirely without fear in the face of danger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Solutions of the compound may be applied to the preservation of all organic substances, either animal or vegetable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To the microscope the art of photography has lent its valuable aid, so that all the revelations of the microscope are susceptible of preservation in permanent records, as photomicrographs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Happily for the preservation of my calmness and my courage there was time for nothing but action. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This window is in an excellent state of preservation, considering its great age. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Elsewhere we saw a huge Roman amphitheatre, with its stone seats still in good preservation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Virgil