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rightleftarrows

Represents a bidirectional double arrow indicating a reversible relationship or transformation between two elements.

Overview

Commonly employed in mathematical notation and scientific contexts to denote reversible processes, equilibrium reactions, or two-way mappings between sets.

  • Essential in chemistry for depicting equilibrium reactions
  • Used in mathematics to show bijective mappings or reversible transformations
  • Appears in theoretical physics to indicate reversible processes
  • Helpful in computer science for representing bidirectional data flow or state transitions

Examples

Indicating bidirectional mapping between sets.

ABA \rightleftarrows B
A \rightleftarrows B

Representing an equilibrium relationship in mathematics.

f(x)g(x)f(x) \rightleftarrows g(x)
f(x) \rightleftarrows g(x)