plural of small-c conservative

(Canada, politics) a political party in Canada with a right of centre ideology, which succeed the old Conservative Party of Canada, Liberal-Conservative Party of Canada, Blue Party and absorbed the Progressive Party of Canada. It was itself succeeded by the new Conservative Party of Canada.

(UK politics) A follower of one-nation conservatism.

plural of one-nation conservative

Protection of the soil against sediment loss by erosion or fertility loss due to degradation. / A combination of all soil management and land use methods that protect against degradation.

A DNA or protein sequence with a high degree of sequence identity to other sequences in that species, or in others.

(physics, chemistry) A conservation law of classical physics that states that the total mass of a closed system remains constant regardless of the chemical or physical changes that take place within it.

(biology) Legal aspects of protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources.

(biology) The scientific study of the state of Earth's biodiversity with the objective to protect it from becoming extinct.

(physics) a principle stating that energy may not be created or destroyed