reversible reaction

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a reaction that, depending on ambient conditions, can proceed in either of two directions: the production of the reaction products from the reactants, or the production of the original reactants from the formed reaction products.

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Example Sentences

There is a well-known, experimentally verified and reversible reaction in which an electron-positron pair annihilates into two photons.

From Scientific American

Such a reaction is called a reversible reaction.

From Project Gutenberg

A reversible reaction can therefore be completed in either direction when one of the products of the reaction is removed as fast as it is formed.

From Project Gutenberg

Since hydrolysis is a reversible reaction, the relative masses of the reacting substances influence the point at which equilibrium will be reached.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a reversible reaction, however, and hydrolysis can therefore be prevented by first adding a considerable amount of the soluble product of the reaction, namely, hydrochloric acid.

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