Meanings
- physicaluncountablechemistryA conservation law of classical physics that states that the total mass of a closed system remains constant regardless of the chemical or physical changes that take place within it.
Synonyms: law of conservation of mass
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA conservation law of classical physics that states that the total mass of a closed system remains constant regardless of the chemical or physical changes that take place within it.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
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Translations
Catalan conservació de la massa
- conservació de la massaconservation law
Chinese Mandarin 質量守恆 /质量守恒
- 質量守恆 /质量守恒 (zhìliàng shǒuhéng)conservation law
Danish massebevarelse
- massebevarelseconservation law
Finnish aineen häviämättömyys
- aineen häviämättömyysconservation law
German Massenerhaltung
- Massenerhaltungconservation law
Greek διατήρηση της μάζας
- διατήρηση της μάζας (diatírisi tis mázas)conservation law
Romanian conservarea masei, conservare a masei
- conservarea maseiconservation law
- conservare a maseiconservation law
Cite this entry
conservation of mass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservation%20of%20mass
“conservation of mass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservation%20of%20mass. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conservation of mass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservation%20of%20mass.
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