CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chemical equilibrium mean? 

• CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM (noun)
  The noun CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM has 1 sense:

1. a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates

  Familiarity information: CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

chemical equilibrium; equilibrium

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)

 Context examples 

Diffusion of elements works to get the crystal into chemical equilibrium with its surroundings.

(‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions, University of Cambridge)