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1Archival — Ar chi*val, a. Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records. Tooke. [1913 Webster] …
2Archivāl — (griech.), urkundlich; einem Archiv angehörig. Archivalien, einem Archiv entnommene Aktenstücke. Archivar, Archivbeamter (s. Archiv) …
3archival — (adj.) 1800; see ARCHIVES (Cf. archives) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Related: Archivally …
4archival — [är kī′vəl, är′kī΄vəl; är′kəvəl] adj. of, in, or containing archives …
5archival — adjective a) Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving. Their archival methods left something to be desired. b) Of a quality suited to the conservational needs of an archive. Artists should use archival quality paper to ensure a long life for… …
6archival — [[t]ɑː(r)ka͟ɪv(ə)l[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Archival means belonging or relating to archives. ...his extensive use of archival material …
7archival — adj. Archival is used with these nouns: ↑collection, ↑material, ↑photograph, ↑record …
8archival — archive ► NOUN ▪ a collection of historical documents or records. ► VERB 1) place in an archive. 2) Computing transfer (data) to a less frequently used storage medium. DERIVATIVES archival adjective. ORIGIN French archives (plural), from Greek a …
9Archival science — is the theory and study of the safe storage, cataloguing and retrieval of documents and items. [cite web |url=http://www.archivists.org/glossary/term details.asp?DefinitionKey=1814|title=A Glossary of Archival and Records… …
10Archival processing — is a term used in the United States of America to refer to the act of arranging and describing the papers of an individual or family or the records of an organization. A person who is engaged in this is known as an archival processor or archivist …
