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Definition of Protective

Protective
Protective Pro*tect"ive, a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. `` The favor of a protective Providence.' --Feltham. Protective coloring (Zo["o]l.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. --Wallace. Protective tariff (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4.

Meaning of Protective from wikipedia

- loss by means of insurance and from injury or discomfort by the use of protective clothing. They further protect their property by the installation of security...
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from...
- Protective Stadium is a football stadium owned and operated by the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Since...
- Protective custody (PC) is a type of imprisonment (or care) to protect a person from harm, either from outside sources or other prisoners. Many prison...
- five departments: commander and adjutant, political affairs division, protective custody, administration, and medical personnel. By 1935, Himmler secured...
- Protective tariffs are tariffs that are enacted with the aim of protecting a domestic industry. They aim to make imported goods cost more than equivalent...
- The protective index (PI) is a comparison of the amount of a therapeutic agent that causes the therapeutic effect to the amount that causes toxicity. Quantitatively...
- A protective hairstyle is a term predominantly used to describe hairstyles suitable for Afro-textured hair whose purpose is to reduce the risk of hairs...
- Protective Life Corporation is a financial service holding company in Birmingham, Alabama. The company's primary subsidiary, Protective Life Insurance...
- Protective factors are conditions or attributes (skills, strengths, resources, supports or coping strategies) in individuals, families, communities or...