conservation law

noun

Physics, Chemistry.

any law stating that some quantity or property remains constant during and after an interaction or process, as conservation of charge or conservation of linear momentum.

conservation law

Any of various principles, such as the conservation of charge and the conservation of energy, that require some measurable property of a closed system to remain constant as the system changes. Conservation laws can be directly related to principles of symmetry.
See also invariance

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conservation law¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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Now, as the Trump administration seeks to encourage oil and gas production within federal lands and waters, that watershed conservation law is being tested along the same stretch of coastline — and in a way it never has before.

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But he thinks the conservation law goes too far in the fees it imposes on developers.

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Macaques are classified as a protected species under Thailand’s wildlife conservation law.

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Most recently, the Sierra Club and the Conservation Law Foundation filed a lawsuit against plant owners, alleging it was violating the Clean Water Act.

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According to Arie Trouwborst, a professor of nature conservation law at Tilburg University, "the only effective way to protect vulnerable wildlife from cats is for people to keep their cats indoors or otherwise within their control — just as we expect pet owners to do with any other animal."

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conservationist conservation of angular momentum

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