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Example:Covariant quantities are fundamental in the formulation of certain types of physical laws that describe the behavior of physical systems under uniform transformations.
Definition:In mathematics, particularly in differential geometry, describing a set of quantities that transform in a specific way under a change of coordinates, particularly in a way that preserves certain types of tensor equations.
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Example:The conservation of mass is an example of an invariant property in physics.
Definition:A quantity or expression that remains constant regardless of the transformation applied to the system; not subject to variation or change.
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