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  Conservation \Con`ser*va"tion\, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
     conservation.]
     The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
     (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
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           A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
                                                    --Hallam.
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           A state without the means of some change is without the
           means of its conservation.               --Burke.
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     Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
        radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
        equal areas in equal times.
  
     Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
        the principle that the total energy of any material system
        is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
        diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
        though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
        which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell.
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  Conservation \Con`ser*va"tion\, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
     conservation.]
     The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
     (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
  
           A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
                                                    --Hallam.
  
           A state without the means of some change is without the
           means of its conservation.               --Burke.
  
     Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
        radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
        equal areas in equal times.
  
     Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
        the principle that the total energy of any material system
        is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
        diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
        though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
        which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell.

  conservation of energy
       n : the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy
           of an isolated system is constant despite internal
           changes [syn: law of conservation of energy, first law
           of thermodynamics]

  conservation of energy
     n.
     (lb en physics) a principle stating that energy may not be created or
  destroyed

  conservation of energy
     n.
     (lb en physics) a principle stating that energy may not be created or
  destroyed

  conservation of energy
     n.
     (lb en physics) a principle stating that energy may not be created or
  destroyed

  conservation of energy
     n.
     (lb en physics) a principle stating that energy may not be created or
  destroyed

  conservation of energy /kˌɒnsəvˈeɪʃən ɒv ˈɛnədʒi/
  Energieerhaltung 
     Synonym: energy conservation
  

  conservation of energy /kˌɒnsəvˈeɪʃən ɒv ˈɛnədʒi/ 
  energian häviämättömyys, energian säilyminen
  conservation of energy

  conservation of energy /kˌɒnsəvˈeɪʃən ɒv ˈɛnədʒi/
  energiamegmaradás elve