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Definition of Law of conservation of energy
1. Noun. The fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes.
Generic synonyms: Law Of Thermodynamics, Conservation
Definition of Law of conservation of energy
1. Noun. (physics) The law stating that the total amount of energy in any isolated system remains constant, and cannot be created or destroyed, although it may change forms. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Conservation Of Energy
Literary usage of Law of conservation of energy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Conservation of Energy: Being an Elementary Treatise on Energy and Its Laws by Balfour Stewart (1873)
"... upon the distances between these parts, and not upon the velocity, then it
may be demonstrated that the law of conservation of energy will hold good. ..."
2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"This fact is known as the Law of Conservation of Energy. Kinds of Energy: There
are two kinds of energy; namely, potential or stored up energy, ..."
3. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"It will consequently be of prime importance to examine the meaning and foundation
of the law of conservation of energy, on which all modern physical science ..."
4. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"It will consequently be of prime importance to examine the meaning and foundation
of the law of conservation of energy, on which all modern physical science ..."
5. Continuity: The Presidential Address to the British Association for 1913 by Oliver Lodge (1914)
"It was the experimental and quantitative inclusion of heat as a form of energy
which allowed the law of Conservation of Energy to be definitely formulated ..."
6. Text-book of Mechanics by Louis Adolphe Martin (1916)
"This principle is known as the law of conservation of energy. In accordance with
this law the total energy of the universe is a fixed unalterable quantity. ..."
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