Definition of Archival

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive.

Partainyms: Archive
Derivative terms: Archive

Definition of Archival

1. a. Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records.

Definition of Archival

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving. ¹

2. Adjective. Of a quality suited to the conservational needs of an archive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Archival

1. archive [adj] - See also: archive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archival

architecture
architectured
architectures
architeuthid
architeuthids
architeuthis
architourism
architourist
architourists
architranseme
architransemes
architrave
architraved
architraves
archivable
archival (current term)
archival science
archival sciences
archivalism
archivally
archive
archived
archiver
archivers
archives
archiving
archivist
archivists
archivolt
archivolts

Literary usage of Archival

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Praise of Folly: By Desiderius Erasmus by Desiderius Erasmus (1887)
"It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 ..."

2. Looking Backward, 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy (1888)
"... a 60 # book weight acid-free archival paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and ..."

3. Automated Data Sources for Ambulatory Care Effectiveness Research edited by Mary L. Grady, Harvey A. Schwartz (1995)
"System: MARS Medical archival System University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ... MARS is a distributed, parallel processing data archival and retrieval system. ..."

4. The Making of America II Testbed Project: A Digital Library Service Model by Bernard J. Hurley (1999)
"These archival object types are the core of those examined in this project. ... Continuous-tone photographs: Single archival object. ..."

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