archival
pronunciation
How to pronounce archival in British English: UK [ɑ:'kaɪvəl]
How to pronounce archival in American English: US [ɑ'kaɪvəl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive
Word Origin
- archival (adj.)
- 1800; see archives + -al (1). Related: Archivally.
Example
- 1. The construction of archival science inevitably is influenced by digital wave .
- 2. The validity term of archival filing may be extended at expiration .
- 3. This image is a composite of archival hubble data taken with the widefield planetary camera 2 and the advanced camera for surveys .
- 4. While these files should be kept in text format for editing and archival , they can be converted to binary format for distribution .
- 5. Science of library information and archival .