Definition of "conservative system" [conservative system]

• A material system of such a nature that after the system has undergone any series of changes, and been brought back in any manner to its original state, the whole work done by external agents on the system is equal to the whole work done by the system overcoming external forces. (adjective)
• (noun)

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