conserve energy definition
home / study / engineering / mechanical engineering definitions / conservation of energy. The conservation of energy states that if a particle (or body) is acted upon by a conservative force system, the sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy is a constant.
Definition of DISSIPATION OF ENERGY. : a physical process (as the cooling of a body in the open air) by which energy becomes not only unavailable but irrecoverable in any form — compare conservation of energy, degradation of energy. ADVERTISEMENT. a physical process (as the cooling of a body in the open air) by which energy becomes not only unavailable but irrecoverable in any form — compare conservation of energy, degradation of energy.