préservation — [ prezɛrvasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1314; de préserver ♦ Action, moyen de préserver, de se garantir. ⇒ protection, 1. sauvegarde. Préservation des droits, des intérêts, du patrimoine d une personne. « Pendant les grandes pestes du Midi, les médecins… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Preservation — may mean:* Cultural Heritage Preservation, which includes: **Preservation (library and archival science), maintenance of artifacts and the intellectual record **Art conservation, the retention of cultural heritage for the future. **Digital… … Wikipedia
Preservation — Pres er*va tion, n. [Cf. F. pr[ e]servation.] 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Preservation — Preservation, Insel, zur Fourneauxgruppe gehörig … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
preservation — [prez΄ər vā′shən] n. 〚ME < MFr < ML praeservatio〛 a preserving or being preserved * * * See preservability. * * * … Universalium
preservation — (n.) early 15c., preservacioun, from M.L. preservationem (nom. preservatio), noun of action from pp. stem of preservare (see PRESERVE (Cf. preserve) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
preservation — [n] maintenance, protection canning, care, conservancy, conservation, curing, defense, evaporation, freezing, guard, guardianship, keeping, perpetuation, pickling, preserval, refrigeration, safeguard, safeguarding, safekeeping, safety, salvation … New thesaurus
preservation — ► NOUN 1) the action of preserving. 2) the state of being preserved, especially to a specified degree … English terms dictionary
preservation — [prez΄ər vā′shən] n. [ME < MFr < ML praeservatio] a preserving or being preserved … English World dictionary
Preservation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Preservation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 preservation preservation Sgm: N 1 safe keeping safe keeping Sgm: N 1 conservation conservation &c.(storage) 636 Sgm: N 1 maintenance maintenance support susteritation… … English dictionary for students
