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The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contact action
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
Narrower terms: autocatalysis
From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”). By surface analysis, cata- + -lysis.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
կատալիզ
(kataliz)
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Catalan:
catàlisi
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Chinese Mandarin:
催化作用
(cuīhuà zuòyòng)
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Chinese Mandarin:
觸媒作用 /触媒作用
(chùméi zuòyòng)
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Czech:
katalýza
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Danish:
katalyse
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Finnish:
katalyysi
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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French:
catalyse
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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German:
Katalyse
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Greek:
κατάλυση
(katálysi)
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Icelandic:
hvötun
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Indonesian:
katalisis
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Italian:
catalisi
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Japanese:
触媒作用
(shokubai sayō)
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Kazakh:
өршу
(örşu)
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Latvian:
katalīze
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Malay:
pemangkinan
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Norwegian Bokmål:
katalyse
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
katalyse
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Polish:
kataliza
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Portuguese:
catálise
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Romanian:
cataliză
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Russian:
ката́лиз
(katáliz)
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Spanish:
catálisis
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Swedish:
katalys
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Tagalog:
ganapbilos
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Turkish:
tezleşim
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Ukrainian:
ката́ліз
(katáliz)
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
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Welsh:
catalysis
— chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
