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Webster 1913 Edition

Catalysis

Ca-tal′y-sis

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Noun.

;

pl.

Catalyse

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[ML., fr. Gr. [GREEK] dissolution, fr. [GREEK] to destroy, dissolve;

κατά

down, wholly + [GREEK] to loose.]

1.

Dissolution; degeneration; decay.

[R.]

Sad

catalysis

and declension of piety.

Evelyn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Catalysis

CATALYSIS

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Noun.

Dissolution.

Definition 2024

catalysis

catalysis

English

Noun

catalysis ‎(plural catalyses)

(chemistry) The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst.

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Translations

chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst

Armenian: կատալիզ (hy) ‎(kataliz)
Catalan: catàlisi f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 催化作用 (zh)
Czech: katalýza f
Finnish: katalyysi (fi)
French: catalyse (fr) f
German: Katalyse (de) f
Greek: κατάλυση (el) f ‎(katálysi)
Icelandic: hvötun f
Italian: catalisi (it) f

Japanese: 触媒作用 ‎(しょくばいさよう, shokubai sayō)
Latvian: katalīze f
Polish: kataliza f
Portuguese: catálise (pt) f
Romanian: cataliză (ro) f
Russian: катализ (ru) ‎(kataliz)
Spanish: catálisis (es) f
Swedish: katalys (sv) c
Tagalog: ganapbilos
Turkish: tezleşim