Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conservative force

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: con-ser-va-tive -force
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see conservative, force.

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

conservative forces (plural)

Questions

What does conservative force mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see conservative, force.

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