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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) conservation of energy
the principle that in a system not subject to any external force, the amount of energy is constant despite its changes in form.

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) conservation of energy, law of conservation of energy, first law of thermodynamics
the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. conservation of energy
the doctrine that, however it may be transformed or dissipated, no fraction of energy is ever lost, that the amount of force, as of matter, in the universe, under all mutation remains the same.

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