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A principle in classical physics stating that the total mass of an isolated system is unchanged by interaction of its parts.
conservation of mass
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A principle of classical physics stating that the total mass of a closed system is unchanged by interaction of its parts. The principle does not hold under Special Relativity, since mass and energy can be converted into one another.
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- attributive form of conservation of mass
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