CONSERVATION OF ELECTRICITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conservation of electricity mean? 

• CONSERVATION OF ELECTRICITY (noun)
  The noun CONSERVATION OF ELECTRICITY has 1 sense:

1. the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system

  Familiarity information: CONSERVATION OF ELECTRICITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSERVATION OF ELECTRICITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

conservation of charge; conservation of electricity

Hypernyms ("conservation of electricity" is a kind of...):

conservation ((physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations)