CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates

Synonyms:

chemical equilibrium; equilibrium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("chemical equilibrium" is a kind of...):

chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chemical equilibrium"):

acid-base balance; acid-base equilibrium ((physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body)

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