catalysis (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *catalysis*:
NOUN	process	catalysis, contact action	acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction

English > *catalysis*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	Acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction.
Example	"of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"
Synonym	contact action
Narrower	autocatalysis	catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction
Broader	chemical process, chemical change, chemical action	(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
Spanish	catálisis
Catalan	catàlisi
Adjectives	catalytic	relating to or causing or involving catalysis

HyperDic: catalysis