# van 't Hoff's law

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The generalization that, when a system is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions, the endothermic is promoted by raising the temperature and the exothermic by lowering it.

## Etymology
Named after J. H. van 't Hoff.

## Source
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