LE CHATELIER'S PRINCIPLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Le Chatelier's principle mean? • LE CHATELIER'S PRINCIPLE (noun)
The noun LE CHATELIER'S PRINCIPLE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: LE CHATELIER'S PRINCIPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LE CHATELIER'S PRINCIPLE (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Le Chatelier principle; Le Chatelier's law; Le Chatelier's principle; Le Chatelier-Braun principle
Hypernyms ("Le Chatelier's 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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