conservation of mass

Variant of conservation of matter

conservation of matter definition

conservation of matter

the principle that matter is neither created nor destroyed during any physical or chemical change
also conservation of mass

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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