conservation of mass

conservation of mass

n.

A principle in classical physics stating that the total mass of an isolated system is unchanged by interaction of its parts.

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conservation of mass

A principle of classical physics stating that the total mass of a closed system is unchanged by interaction of its parts. The principle does not hold under Special Relativity, since mass and energy can be converted into one another.

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conservation of mass - a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system conservation of matter, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter conservation - (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations