law of conservation

collocation in English

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law
noun
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/lɔː/us
/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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conservation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.səˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.sɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of ...
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There is a similarity with thelawofconservationof energy.
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The "lawofconservation" for income/wealth has also been a subject of criticism.
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The phenomenon is mainly in governance to thelawofconservationof energy and momentum.
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This is in apparent contradiction to thelawofconservationof energy, as it appeared that energy was lost in the beta decay process.
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This was in apparent contradiction to thelawofconservationof energy, as it appeared that energy was lost in the beta decay process.
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He also proposed thelawofconservationof baryon number.
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Energy being a substance that can not be created or destroyed (see thelawofconservationof energy).
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Thelawofconservationof energy applies; everything the player builds in-game, and all energy expended must come from some existing source.
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The moving particle loses kinetic energy, which is converted into a photon, thus satisfying thelawofconservationof energy.
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First, thelawofconservationof energy says that energy is conserved "within each universe".
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That article considered this statement to be an expression of thelawofconservationof energy for such systems.
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In physics this is interpreted as thelawofconservationof energy.
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Recoil is explained by thelawofconservationof momentum, and so it is easier to discuss it separately from energy.
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In astronomy, spin-orbit coupling reflects the generallawofconservationof angular momentum, which holds for celestial systems as well.
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By thelawofconservationof momentum, the wind moves the sail as the sail redirects downwash air backwards.
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Thelawofconservationof energy states that the total energy of an isolated system can not change.
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The book contains the results of numerous experiments and establishes an early version of thelawofconservationof mass.
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How he was able to do this, in light of thelawofconservationof mass, has not been explained.
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Nuclear particles (nucleons) like protons and neutrons are "not" destroyed (lawofconservationof baryon number) in fission and fusion processes.
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Additional laws of chemistry elaborate on thelawofconservationof mass.
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