NOUN | substance | anticatalyst | (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst |
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Meaning | (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst. | |
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Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
Broader | inhibitor | A substance that retards or stops an activity |
Opposite | catalyst, accelerator | (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected |
Spanish | anticatalizador | |
Catalan | anticatalitzador |
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