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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 good preservation.
Give us particulars of thy preservation.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., preservacioun "protection from disease," from Old French preservacion (13c.), from Medieval Latin preservationem (nominative preservatio), noun of action from past participle stem of preservare (see preserve (v.)).
Wiktionary
n. The act of preserve; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
WordNet
n. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger [syn: saving]
the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
a process that saves organic substances from decay
an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change [syn: conservation]
Wikipedia
Preservation refers to the set of activities that aims to prolong the life of a record and relevant metadata, or enhance its value, or improve access to it through non-interventive means. This includes actions taken to influence records creators prior to selection and acquisition.
It should be distinguished from conservation-restoration of cultural heritage, which refers to the treatment and repair of individual items to slow decay or restore them to a usable state. Conservation is occasionally used interchangeably with preservation, particularly outside the professional literature.
Preservation, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, launched in 1952 as Historic Preservation. In 1998, the magazine won a National Magazine Award for General Excellence under its then-editor, Robert S. Wilson. The magazine's launching point is architecture, but it is also, as the judges of the National Magazine Award write, about "politics, art, history, places, and people … Preservation tells the stories of extraordinary buildings and sites all over the world." The headquarters of the magazine is in Washington DC.
Preservation may refer to:
- Heritage preservation:
- Historic preservation, of buildings, monuments, etc.
- Preservation (library and archival science), of books, recordings, etc.
- Digital preservation, of digitized and born-digital information
- Conservation (ethic), of the natural environment
- Conservation-restoration, of artworks
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Preservative, chemical to hinder deterioration of food, wood, etc.
- Food preservation
- Self-preservation, part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism survive
- Case preservation, when computer storage preserves the distinction between upper and lower case
- Preservation Island Group, Tasmania, Australia:
- Preservation Island
- Preservation Islets
- Assurance (theology), an aspect of Salvation
- Preservation (magazine), published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
In safety and technology:
- Dust resistant
- Fire resistant
- Rot-proof
- Rustproof
- Thermal resistant
- Impact resistant
- Waterproof
In mathematics and computer science:
- Type preservation
In arts and entertainment
- Preservation Hall, jazz venue in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Preservation: Acts 1 & 2, albums by The Kinks
- "Preservation" (song), a non-album single released by The Kinks after the Preservation albums
- Preservation (2003 film), a 2003 Australian film
- Preservation (2014 film), a 2014 horror thriller film
"Preservation" is a non-album single written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks in 1974. Although it was related to the two Preservation albums lyrically, it did not appear on either album until it was added to the CD reissue of Preservation Act 1.
Preservation is a 2014 horror thriller film that was directed by Christopher Denham. It had its world premiere on April 17, 2014 at the Tribeca Film Festival and stars Wrenn Schmidt as a woman trapped in a forest preserve, stalked by maniacs.
Usage examples of "preservation".
From the excellent state of preservation of the Saxon balusters, it is evident that they did not come from the exterior of the early church.
People at Raynham were put on their guard by the baronet, and his reputation for wisdom was severely criticized in consequence of the injunctions he thought fit to issue through butler and housekeeper down to the lower household, for the preservation of his son from any visible symptom of the passion.
Instead of exercising the rights of conquest, we have been contented to impose such tributes as are requisite for your own preservation.
In the Roman necropolis, along the Kairwan road, several interesting discoveries were made, among them a hypogeum containing several frescoes in fair preservation, containing curious figures and inscriptions, and also some inscriptions on marble or stucco.
Thus I can understand how a flower and a bee might slowly become, either simultaneously or one after the other, modified and adapted in the most perfect manner to each other, by the continued preservation of individuals presenting mutual and slightly favourable deviations of structure.
The indenture by which Colpoys hoped to secure perpetual masses in remembrance of his relations and himself is in perfect preservation, with seals attached, in the muniment chamber of Winchester College.
Germany, whose government solemnly vouched for and promised the preservation of and respect for this neutrality only a few weeks ago!
The thrill of fear which had crossed the mind of Villiers, as to the health and preservation of his wife, had served to dissipate the lingering sense of shame and degradation inspired by the penury of their situation.
Yet the members of the grand confederacy were differently actuated by disagreeing motives, which, in the sequel, operated for the preservation of his Prussian majesty, by preventing the full exertion of their united strength.
If I have succeeded, open the sack and summon the Committee on Propagation and Preservation of the Hadleyburg Reputation.
Conservation Association is to promote forest fire prevention, conservative forest management, reforesting of cut-over lands not more valuable for agriculture, improvement in taxation systems, preservation of stream flow, and all other things comprehended by forest conservation.
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The major purpose of the Schor Foundation and the Florida State University is to aid in the preservation and restoration of the Pyramids and Sphinx.
Arlingford Castle, than deterred by his awe of the lady Matilda, which nevertheless was so excessive, from his recollection of the twang of the bow-string, that he never ventured to find her in the wrong, much less to enjoin any thing in the shape of penance, as was the occasional practice of holy confessors, with or without cause, for the sake of pious discipline, and what was in those days called social order, namely, the preservation of the privileges of the few who happened to have any, at the expense of the swinish multitude who happened to have none, except that of working and being shot at for the benefit of their betters, which is obviously not the meaning of social order in our more enlightened times: let us therefore be grateful to Providence, and sing Te Deum laudamus in chorus with the Holy Alliance.
It seems to me that if there be one subject upon which all good men may unitedly agree, it is imploring the gracious favor of the God of Nations upon the struggles our people are making for the preservation of their precious birthright of civil and religious liberty.