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order of a reaction
nounDefinition of order of a reaction
: a number that relates the rate of a chemical reaction with the concentrations of the reacting substances : the sum of all the exponents of the terms expressing concentrations of the molecules or atoms determining the rate of the reaction — compare first-order reaction, second-order reaction, third-order reaction, zero-order reaction, molecularity