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n. The action of a catalyst, especially an increase in the rate of a chemical reaction.

n. The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst.

n. Dissolution; degeneration; decay.

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n. 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.

n. The catalytic force.

n. Dissolution; destruction; degeneration; decay.

n. 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.

n. acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction

"I therefore took the opportunity offered to me by many reports, etc. to combat those injurious hypotheses and draw attention to the incomparably greater effectiveness of the simple definition of catalysis based on measurable facts which states that catalysis is a chemical acceleration brought about by the presence of substances which do not appear in the reaction product."

catalyzer    catalytic    catalyze    catalyst   

catalyses   

heterogeneous catalysis    homogeneous catalysis   

dissolution    degeneration    decay   

cofactors    catalyst    esterification    hydrolysis    nucleation