Law of conservation
law of conservation
For the laws of conservation, see under conservation law.
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noun, Physics. 1. . noun, Physics. 1. the principle that the total electric charge of a system is constant. noun 1. the principle that the total charge of any isolated system is constant and independent of changes that take place within the system conservation of charge A conservation law stating that the total electric charge […]
- Law-of-conservation-of-energy
noun, Physics. 1. . noun, Physics. 1. the principle that in a system that does not undergo any force from outside the system, the amount of energy is constant, irrespective of its changes in form. noun 1. the principle that the total energy of any isolated system is constant and independent of any changes occurring […]
- Law-of-conservation-of-mass
noun, Physics. 1. . noun, Physics. 1. the principle that in any closed system subjected to no external forces, the mass is constant irrespective of its changes in form; the principle that matter cannot be created or destroyed. noun 1. the principle that the total mass of any isolated system is constant and is independent […]
- Law of contiguity
law of contiguity n. The principle that when two ideas or psychologically perceived events have once occurred in close association, they are likely to occur in close association again, the subsequent occurrence of one tending to elicit the other.
- Law-of-contradiction
noun, Logic. 1. the law that a proposition cannot be both true and false or that a thing cannot both have and not have a given property.