catalysis

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catalysis

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”). By surface analysis, cata- +‎ -lysis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtæləsɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

catalysis (countable and uncountable, plural catalyses)

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

Derived terms

• allelocatalysis
• aminocatalysis
• autocatalysis
• biocatalysis
• chemocatalysis
• cocatalysis
• electrocatalysis
• heterocatalysis
• heterogeneous catalysis
• homogeneous catalysis
• nanocatalysis
• organocatalysis
• phase transfer catalysis
• photocatalysis
• pyrocatalysis
• self-catalysis
• sonocatalysis

Related terms

• catalyst
• catalytic
• catalyze
• catalyzer

Translations

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

Armenian: կատալիզ (hy) (kataliz) Catalan: catàlisi (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 催化作用 (zh) (cuīhuà zuòyòng), 觸媒作用 / 触媒作用 (zh) (chùméi zuòyòng) Czech: katalýza f Danish: katalyse c Finnish: katalyysi (fi) French: catalyse (fr) f German: Katalyse (de) f Greek: κατάλυση (el) f (katálysi) Icelandic: hvötun f Indonesian: katalisis (id) Italian: catalisi (it) f Japanese: 触媒作用 (ja) (しょくばいさよう, shokubai sayō) Kazakh: өршу (kk) (örşu) Latvian: katalīze f Malay: pemangkinan Norwegian: Bokmål: katalyse m Nynorsk: katalyse m Polish: kataliza (pl) f Portuguese: catálise (pt) f Romanian: cataliză (ro) f Russian: ката́лиз (ru) m (katáliz) Spanish: catálisis (es) f Swedish: katalys (sv) c Tagalog: ganapbilos Turkish: tezleşim Ukrainian: ката́ліз (uk) m (katáliz) Welsh: catalysis m

Further reading

• “catalysis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “catalysis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “catalysis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English catalysis.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kaˈtalɨ̞sɪs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kaˈta(ː)lɪsɪs/

Noun

catalysis m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) catalysis

Related terms

• catalydd (“catalyst”)
• catalytig (“catalytic”)

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “catalysis”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin