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archival science

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The theory and study of the safe storage, cataloguing and retrieval of documents and items.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 檔案學 /档案学 (dàng'ànxué) — study of archiving
  • Finnish: arkistotiede — study of archiving
  • French: archivistique — study of archiving
  • Greek: αρχειονομία (archeionomía) — study of archiving
  • Italian: archivistica — study of archiving
  • Kazakh: мұрағаттану (mūrağattanu) — study of archiving
  • Kazakh: архивтану (arxivtanu) — study of archiving
  • Polish: archiwistyka — study of archiving
  • Portuguese: arquivística — study of archiving
  • Portuguese: arquivologia — study of archiving
  • Russian: архивове́дение (arxivovédenije) — study of archiving
  • Swedish: arkivvetenskap — study of archiving