Le Châtelier principle

Le Châtelier principle
/leuh shaht"l yay'/, 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.
[1910-15; see LECHATELIERITE]

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