conservation of charge
- noun
- /ˌkɒnsərˈveɪʃən əv tʃɑrdʒ/
- Specialized
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conservación de la carga
- According to the conservation of charge, an isolated system cannot create or destroy electric charge.
The global version of electromagnetic symmetry has to do with the conservation of charge.
- The global version of electromagnetic symmetry has to do with the conservation of charge.
Examples
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The principle of conservation of charge states that the total electric charge in a closed system remains constant.
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This could be the electron, and the symmetry associated with the conservation of charge is just the multiplication of the field by a phase.
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So conservation of charge, which is concerned non locally cannot have a significance except in one frame of reference.
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In fact, the conservation of charge, there's nothing but the sort of continuity of these arrows.
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In physics, the conservation of charge is a fundamental principle that applies to all electromagnetic interactions.
Surface Forms
Morphology
conservation + of + charge
The phrase is compositionally built from 'conservation' (preservation of a quantity) + 'of' + 'charge' (electric charge), so its meaning 'preservation/constancy of electric charge' follows directly from the constituents. Although technical, this noun + of-noun construction is transparent and parallels exist in many languages, so a learner who knows the component words can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Conservation of charge comes from the idea that conservation means 'keeping the same' and charge means 'electric charge'. Imagine coins moving between closed boxes so coins move but the total number stays the same. So, the phrase means 'the total electric charge in a closed system stays the same'.
