conservation
noun
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Sense 1 noun
an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
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Sense 2 noun
the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
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Sense 3 noun
(physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | environmentalist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conserve |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | improvement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | environmentalist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conserve |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | preservation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservancy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | soil conservation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | oil conservation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | water conservation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conserve |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | principle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservation of charge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservation of energy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservation of mass |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservation of momentum |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservation of parity |