Catalysis

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  • noun. The action of a catalyst, especially an increase in the rate of a chemical reaction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Dissolution; destruction; degeneration; decay.
  • noun. A decomposition and new combination supposed by Berzelius and other chemists to be produced among the proximate and elementary principles of one or more compounds, by virtue of the mere presence of a substance or substances which do not of themselves enter into the reaction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Dissolution; degeneration; decay.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A process by which a chemical reaction is accelerated in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contact. It is now believed that such reactions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged.
  • noun. The catalytic force.
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  • noun. The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst.
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  • noun. acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
    • Word Usage
    "Warburg had shown that this yellow pigment is involved in catalysis of the oxidation of hexose-monophosphoric acid during yeast metabolism."
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    agglomeration  autoxidation  biochemistry  biodegradation  biosynthesis  
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    acetification  acidification  acidulation  alkalization  avatar  
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    catalyses  
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