FromAncient Greekκατάλυσις(katálusis,“dissolution”), fromκαταλύω(katalúō,“I dissolve”), fromκατά(katá,“down”) +λύω(lúō,“I loose”). Bysurface analysis,cata- +-lysis.
catalysis (countable anduncountable,pluralcatalyses)
- (chemistry) Theincrease of therate of achemical reaction, induced by acatalyst.
chemistry: the increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst
- “catalysis”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “catalysis”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
- “catalysis”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
Englishcatalysis.
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catalysis m (uncountable)
- (chemistry)catalysis
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “catalysis”, inGweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
