HyperDic: anticatalyst

English > 1 sense of the word anticatalyst:
NOUNsubstanceanticatalyst(chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
English > anticatalyst: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning(chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst.
Categorychemistry, chemical scienceThe science of matter
BroaderinhibitorA substance that retards or stops an activity
Oppositecatalyst, accelerator(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
Spanishanticatalizador
Catalananticatalitzador

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