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preequilibrium

preequilibrium adjective: before equilibrium.

Adjective

preequilibrium (not comparable)

  1. Before equilibrium

Noun

preequilibrium (plural preequilibria)

  1. The initial stage of a chemical reaction when the different chemicals are beginning to interact but have not yet reached equilibrium.
    • The decomposition of peroxydisulfate to sulfate radical ions was taken to be a rapid preequilibrium, and was postulated to be followed by the rate-determining reaction of a sulfate radical ion with MG to produce a radical intermediate, I.1992, International journal of chemical kinetics, page 1110
    • In cases involving multiple preequilibria (e.g., multiple substrates, induced conformational change), K.,, reveals little about each of these steps individually. In the case of allosteric interaction, characteristic kinetic behavior is...2009, Stephen J. Lippard, Current Research Topics in Bioinorganic Chemistry, Volume 18

Forms of preequilibrium

Adjective
alternative formpre-equilibrium
Noun
pluralpreequilibria

Origin of preequilibrium

From pre- + equilibrium.

Questions about preequilibrium

What does preequilibrium mean?
Preequilibrium means before equilibrium.
What part of speech is preequilibrium?
Preequilibrium can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near preequilibrium in the dictionary

  1. preepisternum
  2. preequatorial
  3. preequilibrate
  4. preequilibrated
  5. preequilibration
  6. preequilibrium
  7. preerect
  8. preerected
  9. preeruptive
  10. preerythrocytic
  11. prees

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