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conservative forces

conservative forces is the plural of conservative force.

Meaning of conservative force

Noun

conservative force (plural conservative forces)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see conservative, force.
  2. A force the work done by which is independent of the path taken and depends only on the initial and final positions of the object; equivalently, the total work done by a conservative force is equal to zero when the path taken is a closed loop.

Questions about conservative forces

What is conservative forces the plural of?
Conservative forces is the plural of conservative force.

Words near conservative forces in the dictionary

  1. conservative
  2. conservative correctness
  3. conservative extension
  4. conservative extensions
  5. conservative force
  6. conservative forces
  7. Conservative Jew
  8. Conservative Judaism
  9. conservative model
  10. conservative models
  11. Conservative Party

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