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다음 글의 빈칸에 들어갈 말로 가장 적절한 것은?
With the publication in 1789 of the Elements of Chemistry by Lavoisier, the science of chemistry served its remaining connections with the alchemical past and assumed a modern form. Lavoisier stress the importance of quantitative methods of investigation in chemistry, and in this connection he introduced the principle of the              of matter which stated that nothing was lost or gained during the course of a chemical reaction, the weight of the products equalling the weight of the starting materials.

reduction

deprivation

conservation

accumulation