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chatelier principle

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Le Châ⋅te⋅lier prin⋅ciple

  [luh shaht-l-yey]
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–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.
Origin:
1910–15; see lechatelierite
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