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formality, in chemistry: see chemical equilibrium chemical equilibrium, state of balance in which two opposing reversible chemical reactions proceed at constant equal rates with no net change in the system. For example, when hydrogen gas, H2, and iodine gas, I2
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; concentration concentration, in chemistry, measure of the relative proportions of two or more quantities in a mixture . The concentration of a solute is very important in studying chemical reactions because it determines how often molecules collide in solution and thus indirectly
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I think that even then I had an instinctive doubt whether formlessness was really better than formality.
All constraint and formality quickly disappeared, and the friendliest feeling succeeded.
In love affairs, there is no mediator like a merry, simple-hearted child - ever ready to cement divided hearts, to span the unfriendly gulf of custom, to melt the ice of cold reserve, and overthrow the separating walls of dread formality and pride.
 
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