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law comparison table

Subject	has discoverer	has generalization	has definition	has transformation	has domain	has synonym	is a kind of	is a principle of	is an instance of
conservation law			A quantity that remains unchanged in the course of the evolution of a dynamical system. There are seven known quantities that are conserved: energy (including mass), momentum, angular momentum (including spin), charge, electron-family number, muon-family number, and baryon-family number.		a field of research		law
electromagnetic law					electromagnetism		law
Fechner's law			The intensity of a sensation increases as the logarithm of the stimulus. (See Pogson's ratio.)		a field of research				law
gravity law					gravity		law
Lorentz invariance		equivalence principle	A law which states that laws of physics are identical for all observers moving at constant velocity relative to each other.	Lorentz transformation	a field of research	principle of relativity		special relativity	law
Newton's law of motion	Sir Isaac Newton		One of three laws describing the motion of bodies based on the conception of an absolute and immutable space and time; these laws held sway until Einstein's discovery of special relativity.		mechanics		law
optical law					optics		law
quantum law					quantum mechanics		law
thermodynamics law					thermodynamics		law

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