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EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("equilibrium constant" is a kind of...):
constant (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context)
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equilibrium constant"):
dissociation constant (the equilibrium constant for a reversible dissociation)
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