protection

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  1. noun The act of protecting.
  2. noun The condition of being protected.
  3. noun One that protects.

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  • Data protection is a bigger priority than most places, though, and physical security is part of that. —  AHMM,September2007
  • Or perhaps the protection is acquired because this tendency exists. —  Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1
  • Your protection ought to be a valid one, and Lord N(orth) will not, I should imagine, choose to displease you; as to myself, maintenant que mes ongles sont rognes comme ils le sont, he will treat me with what indifference he pleases, and I know no remedy for it, but what is worse than the disease. —  George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life
  • Most of the protection is afforded by the thick rubber casing which effectively seals the M110 against the elements and provides shock adsorbing properties. —  Mobile Gazette
  • Because 10K infectious sporozoites constitute a very high challenge dose, we asked whether protection could be achieved against a lower challenge dose. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
 

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  1. from French protection = Spanish proteccion = Portuguese protecção = Italian protezione, from Latin protectio(n-), a covering over, from protegere, past participle protectus, cover over or iu front: see protect.
 

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