The law of conservation of energy is a fundamental principle of physics that states energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can only be converted from one form to another. This means that in any physical process, the total amount of energy before and after the process remains the same.
In other words, energy can be transformed from one form to another, such as from potential energy to kinetic energy, but the total amount of energy in the system remains constant. This principle is a cornerstone of modern physics and is used to derive equations and predict physical phenomena in a variety of fields, from mechanics and thermodynamics to electromagnetism and quantum mechanics.