Meanings
nounarchival science (countable and uncountable, plural archival sciences)
plural archival sciences
- countableuncountableThe theory and study of the safe storage, cataloguing and retrieval of documents and items.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 檔案學 /档案学
- 檔案學 /档案学 (dàng'ànxué)study of archiving
Finnish arkistotiede
- arkistotiedestudy of archiving
French archivistique
- archivistiquestudy of archiving
Greek αρχειονομία
- αρχειονομία (archeionomía)study of archiving
Italian archivistica
- archivisticastudy of archiving
Polish archiwistyka
- archiwistykastudy of archiving
Portuguese arquivística, arquivologia
- arquivísticastudy of archiving
- arquivologiastudy of archiving
Russian архивове́дение
- архивове́дение (arxivovédenije)study of archiving
Swedish arkivvetenskap
- arkivvetenskapstudy of archiving
Cite this entry
APA
archival science. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archival%20science
MLA
“archival science.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archival%20science. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archival science,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archival%20science.
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