Search results
- Dictionaryconservation/ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃn/
noun
- 1. prevention of wasteful use of a resource: "they launched a week-long campaign to promote energy conservation"
- 2. the principle by which the total value of a physical quantity or parameter (such as energy, mass, linear or angular momentum) remains constant in a system which is not subject to external influence.
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
20 hours ago · In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly, it is a state reached by the population during that process. Thirdly, it is a phenotypic trait or adaptive trait, with a functional role ...
20 hours ago · The cat ( Felis catus ), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Recent advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat occurred in the Near East around 7500 BC.
