law of conservation
Americannoun
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This observation is expressed in the law of conservation of energy: during a chemical or physical change, energy can be neither created nor destroyed, although it can be changed in form.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The possible nuclear reactions are constrained by the law of conservation of nucleon number.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The first law of thermodynamics is a specific case of the law of conservation of energy involving the internal energy of a system and the possible transfer of energy through work and/or heat.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
This universally obeyed law of nature is called the law of conservation of charge.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
It was my favorite episode, the one about the law of conservation of energy.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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