principle of conservation

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principle
noun
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/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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conservation
noun[U]
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/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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Lenz's law is one consequence of theprincipleofconservationof energy.
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Bernoulli's principle can be derived from theprincipleofconservationof mechanical energy.
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Casimir combined the projected rate of change in zero-point energy with theprincipleofconservationof energy to predict a force on the plates.
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The approach was based on theprincipleofconservationof kinetic energy.
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Their gift practices operate according to a new model based on aprincipleofconservation.
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Generally, such robots are statically stable, and the technique of balancing is based on theprincipleofconservationof kinetic energy and angular momentum.
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We, who honour theprincipleofconservation, have had to pick up the tab.
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That is the modernprincipleofconservation—trying to manage wild populations as a farmer would his domestic stock.
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I welcome its three principles: the principle of modernisation, the principle of flexibility and theprincipleofconservationor protection.
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They have an obligation to their own legislation which re-established theprincipleofconservationthrough the site of special scientific interest.
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That is the basicprincipleofconservation.
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He discovered theprincipleofconservationof mass.
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He discovered theprincipleofconservationof energy while studying muscle metabolism.
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Cranes, like all machines, obey theprincipleofconservationof energy.
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The more common method relies on theprincipleofconservationof mass and assumes the amount of water in a given reservoir is roughly constant.
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This can be regarded as a consequence of theprincipleofconservationof angular momentum.
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Another importantprincipleofconservationis that all alterations should be well documented and should be clearly distinguishable from the original object.
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Theprincipleofconservationof mechanical energy states that in an isolated system that is only subject to conservative forces the mechanical energy is constant.
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He was the first to label them as positive and negative respectively, and he was the first to discover theprincipleofconservationof charge.
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It is often pointed out in textbooks that the increase of angular velocity on contraction is in accordance with theprincipleofconservationof angular momentum.
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From theprincipleofconservationof momentum the speed of the exhaust of a rocket determines how much momentum increase is created for a given amount of propellant.
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Theprincipleofconservationof mechanical energy states that if a body or system is subjected only to conservative forces, the mechanical energy of that body or system remains constant.
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We all accept that when dealing with listed buildings the principles of conservation must be paramount.
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