law of chemical equilibrium

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law of chemical equilibrium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  law of chemical equilibrium
      n 1: (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in
           a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward
           reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant
           for that reaction [syn: equilibrium law, law of chemical equilibrium
           ]