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Le Châtelier principle
[ luh shaht-l-yey prin-suh-puhl ]
noun
, Physics.
- the law that if a constraint is applied to a system in equilibrium, the system adjusts to a new equilibrium that tends to counteract the constraint.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Le Châtelier principle1
First recorded in 1910–15; lechatelierite
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