noun. The reaction of water with another chemical compound to form two or more products, involving ionization of the water molecule and usually splitting the other compound. Examples include the catalytic conversion of starch to glucose, saponification, and the formation of acids or bases from dissolved ions.

noun. A kind of chemical decomposition by which a compound is broken up and resolved into other compounds by taking up the elements of water.

noun. A chemical process causing the splitting of a chemical bond by the addition of the elements of water. .

noun. A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

noun. The degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides)

noun. a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water

"The energy from ATP hydrolysis is only converted into a conformational change that constrains the response of the myosin or kinesin to Brownian motion."

hydrolyze  

chemical reaction  reaction  

electrolysis  

autoxidation  biodegradation  breakdown  catalysis  catalyst