διατήρηση

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διατήρησις (diatḗrēsis).[1] By surface analysis, διατήρη- (stem of διατηρώ (diatiró)) +‎ -ση (-si).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ði̯aˈti.ɾi.si/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧α‧τή‧ρη‧ση

Noun

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διατήρηση (diatírisif

  1. retention
  2. conservation, maintenance, preservation (the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state)
    διατήρηση της ειρήνηςdiatírisi tis eirínispeacekeeping
  3. (physics) conservation (lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system)
    διατήρηση της ενέργειαςdiatírisi tis enérgeiasconservation of energy
    διατήρηση της μάζαςdiatírisi tis mázasconservation of mass

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ διατήρηση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language