Protection

  • 11protection — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. protection (12c.), from L. protectionem a covering over, from protectus, pp. of protegere protect, cover in front, from pro in front + tegere to cover (see STEGOSAURUS (Cf. stegosaurus)). The O.E. word for protect was… …

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  • 12protection — [prə tek′shən, prōtek′shən] n. [ME proteccioun < MFr protection < LL protectio] 1. a) a protecting or being protected b) an instance of this 2. a person or thing that protects 3. a safe conduct pass or passport ☆ …

    English World dictionary

  • 13protection — protection. = repair (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 14protection — protection. См. репаративный синтез. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 15Protection — (v. lat.), der Schutz eines Hohen gegen einen Niedrigen; Gönnerschaft, Unterstützung …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 16protection — [n] care, guardianship aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 17protection — ► NOUN 1) the action of protecting or the state of being protected. 2) a person or thing that protects. 3) the payment of money to criminals to prevent them from attacking oneself or one s property …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18protection — Level to which the capital is partially protected, below which the net asset value of a SGAM Flexible ETF may not fall in any rolling one year period. NYSE Euronext Glossary * * * protection pro‧tec‧tion [prəˈtekʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. the act …

    Financial and business terms

  • 19PROTECTION — s. f. Action de protéger, de défendre quelqu un, de veiller à ce qu il ne lui arrive point de mal. La protection de Dieu. La protection du ciel. C est une puissante protection que la sienne. Prendre la protection des opprimés, de l innocence, etc …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 20protection — (pro tè ksion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   Action de protéger, de préserver de mal. •   La demoiselle que vous connaissez, laquelle, ayant juré ma ruine, est fâchée de voir que je suis en la protection d un des plus braves hommes du… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré