conserved quantity

collocation in English

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conserve
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sɜːv/us
/ˈkɑːn.sɝːv/
a type of jam in which the fruit is whole or in ...
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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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(Definition ofconserveandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead, we have found theconservedquantityto be a combination of the total pressure and the radial component of the velocity, similar to its counterpart in linear theory.
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That is, for every symmetry that a dynamical law possesses, there is a corresponding invariant orconservedquantitythat forms the basis for a conservation law.
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This result was not expected by the physics community, which had previously regarded parity as aconservedquantity.
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For a reversible process, entropy behaves as aconservedquantityand no change occurs in total entropy.
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A typical thermodynamic process consists of a redistribution of aconservedquantitybetween a system and its surroundings across an unchanging semi-permeable wall between them.
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In fact, eachconservedquantityis associated with a chemical potential and a corresponding tendency to diffuse to equalize it out.
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Here, theconservedquantityis the stress-energy tensor, which is only conserved on shell, that is, if the equations of motion are satisfied.
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Aconservedquantityis usually associated with such symmetries.
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For example, mass is aconservedquantity, which means that its value is unchanging through time, within closed systems.
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In advection, a fluid transports someconservedquantityor material via bulk motion.
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The fourthconservedquantitydoes not arise from a symmetry in the standard sense and is commonly referred to as a hidden symmetry.
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It is also conserved by the other interactions and is therefore aconservedquantityin general.
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It is aconservedquantityin electromagnetic fields, even when magnetic reconnection dissipates energy.
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Conversely, eachconservedquantityhas a corresponding symmetry.
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However, for given single frames of reference and for isolated systems, the relativistic mass is also aconservedquantity.
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Equations (12)-(15) represent the important conserved quantities of mass, momentum, the y component of the electric field and entropy.
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Because entropy is not aconservedquantity, this is an exception to the general way of speaking, in which an amount transferred is of aconservedquantity.
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Generically, these equations state that the divergence of the flow of theconservedquantityis equal to the distribution of "sources" or "sinks" of that quantity.
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