conservation : Idioms & Phrases

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Conservation of areas

  • (Astron.), the principle that the radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over equal areas in equal times.
Webster 1913

conservation of charge

  • noun the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system
    conservation of charge.
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conservation of electricity

  • noun the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system
    conservation of charge.
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conservation of energy

  • noun the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
    first law of thermodynamics; conservation of energy.
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Conservation of energy, ∨ Conservation of force

  • (Mech.), the principle that the total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.
Webster 1913

conservation of mass

  • noun a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
    law of conservation of mass; conservation of matter; conservation of mass.
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conservation of matter

  • noun a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
    law of conservation of mass; conservation of matter; conservation of mass.
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conservation of momentum

  • noun the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system
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conservation of parity

  • noun (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
    space-reflection symmetry; parity; mirror symmetry.
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law of conservation of energy

  • noun the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
    first law of thermodynamics; conservation of energy.
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law of conservation of mass

  • noun a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
    law of conservation of mass; conservation of matter; conservation of mass.
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law of conservation of matter

  • noun a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
    law of conservation of mass; conservation of matter; conservation of mass.
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oil conservation

  • noun the conservation of petroleum resources
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soil conservation

  • noun protection of soil against erosion or deterioration
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water conservation

  • noun the conservation of water resources
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