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conservative system [kən′sər·vəd·iv ′sis·təm]

(physics)

A system in which there is no dissipation of energy so that the total energy remains constant with time.

Conservative System

a mechanical system in which the law of conservation of mechanical energy is valid—that is, the sum of the kinetic energy T and the potential energy P of the system is constant: T + P = const.

An example of a conservative system is the solar system. Under conditions that exist on earth, where the presence of forces of resistance such as friction and drag, which lead to a loss of mechanical energy and its conversion to other forms of energy (for example, heat), is unavoidable, only a rough approximation of a conservative system is possible. For example, a swinging pendulum may be considered a conservative system if friction in the suspension axis and air resistance are disregarded.

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In the Netherlands, we've had a good system since the 1970s, but recent governments have been trying to take us back to a more conservative system," he said, arguing that the moderate use of soft drugs held no danger.

Pro-cannabis protesters gather in Amsterdam by AFP / AFP Global Edition

This conservative system of moral reasoning defines social programs as immoral because they "violate the very thing that .

A universal early childhood education system by Brown, Christopher P. / Childhood Education

MATTHEW Gibson, from Billingham, said: "McClaren was probably right to play a conservative system against Newcastle and Liverpool because at the start of the season we'd have taken away draws against both sides.

Fans' view by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

conservation of mass

Conservation of Mass, Law of

conservation of matter

conservation of momentum

conservation of natural resources

Conservation of Nature, Societies for the

conservation of orbital symmetry

conservation of parity

conservation of probability

Conservation of resources

conservation of vorticity