CATALYST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of catalyst in English
Examples of catalyst
catalyst
Notably, the reaction rates attained by such catalysts are moderate, usually <1 minx1.
Here the pitched roof and dark finish appear on one level to be conventional usages but on another as catalysts for new associations.
Two of the major catalysts were increasing urbanisation and industrialisation.
When the complexity of the organic molecules pool increased, more sophisticated catalysts, including ribozymes and protein enzymes, could be selected.
The original catalysts may have been based on clays, various metals, inorganic and organic species that happened to be present and possess some catalytic activity.
Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerases, a superfamily of ubiquitous folding catalysts.
They weaken policy regimes, create conditions favorable for change, or act as catalysts for change.
The separation of binding from input makes it possible to write agents such as the catalysts mentioned in the introduction.
Clays and metal sulphides have been proposed as mineral catalysts that could have promoted the first prebiotic chemical reactions.
The adjacent possible is clearly influenced by the environment, which contains chemical partners, energy and the catalysts.
They are often used as catalysts in nanotechnology, and may bind polymers like proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids creating assemblies reminiscent of life forms.
Processes in chemical evolution must have involved several catalysts multifunctional in nature.
Homing endonucleases : structural and functional insight into the catalysts of intron/intein mobility.
The results presented in this paper are relevant in both cases, as they refer to the effect of metal ions as catalysts of the condensation of nucleotides.
No exogenous oxidation catalysts were added.
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Translations of catalyst
in Chinese (Traditional)
催化劑, 促成變化的人, 引發變化的事件…
in Chinese (Simplified)
催化剂, 促成变化的人, 引发变化的事件…
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catalizador, catalizador [masculine]…
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catalisador, estímulo [masculine]…
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değişime neden olan kişi ya da şey, katalizör, neden…
catalyseur [masculine], catalyseur…
katalysator, igangsætter, drivkraft…
ตัวเร่งปฎิกิริยา, คนหรือสิ่งที่ทำให้เกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลง…
katalizator, osoba/rzecz funkcjonująca jako ‘katalizator‘…
der Katalysator, der Beschleuniger…
katalysator [masculine], spore [masculine], incentiv [neuter]…
каталізатор, такий, що веде до зміни…
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