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MAINTENANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
Example:
he wrote the manual on car care
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("maintenance" is a kind of...):
fix; fixing; fixture; mend; mending; repair; reparation (the act of putting something in working order again)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maintenance"):
camera care (keeping a camera in good working order)
car care (keeping a car in good working order)
inspection and repair; overhaul; service (periodic maintenance on a car or machine)
pump priming (introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing)
scheduled maintenance (maintenance at a regularly scheduled time)
steam fitting (care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating)
Derivation:
maintain (keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
Example:
unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
Synonyms:
criminal maintenance; maintenance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("maintenance" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Example:
fishing was their main sustainment
Synonyms:
maintenance; sustainment; sustenance; sustentation; upkeep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("maintenance" is a kind of...):
support (the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities)
Derivation:
maintain (supply with necessities and support)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Synonyms:
alimony; maintenance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("maintenance" is a kind of...):
support payment (a payment made by one person for the support of another)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Means of maintenance of a family or group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("maintenance" is a kind of...):
bread and butter; keep; livelihood; living; support; sustenance (the financial means whereby one lives)
Derivation:
maintain (supply with necessities and support)
Context examples:
This allele, which encodes DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase protein, is involved in DNA repair and the maintenance of DNA integrity.
(APEX1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in the maintenance of water homeostasis in the organism.
(AVPR2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in cell cycle control, regulation of transcription and the maintenance of genomic stability.
(BRCA1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in cell cycle control, DNA repair and the maintenance of genomic stability.
(BRCA2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is involved in receptor signaling, tyrosine phosphorylation and both the development and maintenance of the postsynaptic side of the neuromuscular junction.
(Muscle, Skeletal Receptor Tyrosine-Protein Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in both cellular adhesion and the maintenance of mucosal surfaces.
(MUC16 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a regulatory role in cellular growth and maintenance.
(NBL1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Such stabilization can alter maintenance of tissue integration, wound healing, cellular migrations, and metastasis.
(Negative Regulation of Degradation of Adhesion Factor, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is involved in cell-cell interactions, cellular adhesion, signal transduction and synapse maintenance.
(Neurexin-1-Beta, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes double-strand break repair protein MRE11A, is involved in the modulation of DNA recombination, telomere maintenance and double-strand break repair.
(MRE11A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
