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LAW OF MASS ACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does law of mass action mean?
• LAW OF MASS ACTION (noun)
The noun LAW OF MASS ACTION has 1 sense:
1. (chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances
Familiarity information: LAW OF MASS ACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("law of mass action" is a kind of...):
law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
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