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1Preservation — (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… …
2Preservation (library and archival science) — Preservation is a branch of library and information science concerned with maintaining or restoring access to artifacts, documents and records through the study, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of decay and damage. [cite web… …
3preservation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of keeping alive or in good condition Nouns 1. preservation, conservation, safekeeping (see safety); maintenance, support; economy. See retention. 2. (methods of preservation) embalming; curing,… …
4Space Preservation Act — The Space Preservation Act was a series of four bills introduced to the United States House of Representatives designed to preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space for the benefit of all humankind. Space Preservation Act of 2005.… …
5Digital preservation — is the set of processes, activities and management of digital information over time to ensure its long term accessibility. The goal of digital preservation is to preserve materials resulting from digital reformatting, and particularly information …
6Conditional preservation of the saints — The Five Articles of Remonstrance Conditional election Unlimited atonement Total depravity …
7Family preservation — was the movement to help keep children at home with their families rather than in foster homes or institutions. This movement was a reaction to the earlier policy of Family Breakup, which pulled children out of unfit homes. Extreme poverty alone… …
8food preservation — Any method by which food is protected against spoilage by oxidation, bacteria, molds, and microorganisms. Traditional methods include dehydration, smoking, salting, controlled fermentation (including pickling), and candying; certain spices have… …
9Burgess shale type preservation — The Burgess shale of British Columbia is famous for its exceptional preservation of mid Cambrian organisms. Around 40 other sites have been discovered of a similar age, with soft tissues preserved in a similar, though not identical, fashion.These …
10Historic preservation in New York — is activity undertaken to conserve older buildings, ships, landscapes and other objects of cultural importance in New York State in ways that allow them to continue to communicate meaningfully about past practices, events, and people.Governmental …
