catalysis
Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
an action between two or more persons or forces, initiated by an agent that itself remains unaffected by the action: social catalyses occasioned by controversial writings.
Origin of catalysis
1Other words from catalysis
- cat·a·lyt·ic [kat-l-it-ik], /ˌkæt lˈɪt ɪk/, adjective, noun
- cat·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- cat·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·cat·a·lyt·ic, adjective, noun
- an·ti·cat·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·cat·a·lyt·ic, adjective, noun
- non·cat·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- self-ca·tal·y·sis, noun
- sem·i·cat·a·lyt·ic, adjective
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How to use catalysis in a sentence
We need a catalysis so that positive evolution can take place in a matter of years rather than decades or not at all.
E.O. Wilson Saw the World in a Wholly New Way - Issue 112: Inspiration | David Sloan Wilson | January 5, 2022 | NautilusThe two laureates were rewarded for independently developing a third type of catalysis, which builds upon small organic molecules.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to duo who made a tool to build molecules in an environmentally friendly way | Frances Stead Sellers | October 6, 2021 | Washington PostIn 2019, she and some colleagues were working with zeolites, porous materials vital for applications from industrial catalysis to air purification.
These days, Korley works closely with experts on topics as wide-ranging as catalysis, enzyme engineering, and manufacturing.
Creating new polymers, and upcycling the old ones | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewWe could regard what is called catalysis solely as an agent in the service of entelechy.
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism | Hans Driesch
He demonstrated the processes of synthesis and auto-catalysis that enabled such small samples to be multiplied indefinitely.
This World Is Taboo | Murray LeinsterThe phenomenon known as "catalysis" is of common occurrence in both inorganic and organic chemistry.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherThis latter consideration seems to be the factor of largest influence in colloidal catalysis.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherLike circulation or respiration, periodic catalysis has its poisons, and exhibits signs of fatigue, and of paralysis by cold.
The Mechanism of Life | Stphane Leduc
British Dictionary definitions for catalysis
/ (kəˈtælɪsɪs) /
acceleration of a chemical reaction by the action of a catalyst
Origin of catalysis
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