LE CHATELIER-BRAUN PRINCIPLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change

Synonyms:

Le Chatelier's law; Le Chatelier's principle; Le Chatelier-Braun principle; Le Chatelier principle

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Le Chatelier-Braun principle" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)

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