Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mass-action_principle

1 sense of mass-action principle

Sense 1
mass-action principle, mass action -- ((neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning)
       => principle, rule -- (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields")