Definition of Catalytic

1. Adjective. Relating to or causing or involving catalysis. "Catalytic reactions"

Partainyms: Catalysis
Derivative terms: Catalysis

Definition of Catalytic

1. a. Relating to, or causing, catalysis.

2. n. An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.

Definition of Catalytic

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Of or relating to a catalyst; having properties facilitating chemical reaction or change. ¹

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Definition of Catalytic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Catalytic

1. Relating to or effecting catalysis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catalytic

catalpa
catalpas
catalufa
catalymetric
catalysation
catalyse
catalysed
catalyser
catalysers
catalyses
catalysing
catalysis
catalysize
catalyst
catalysts
catalytic (current term)
catalytic activity
catalytic agent
catalytic antibody
catalytic centre
catalytic converter
catalytic converters
catalytic cracker
catalytic model
catalytic reformer
catalytic site
catalytically
catalyzation
catalyze
catalyzed

Literary usage of Catalytic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"Lab. Nat. Hist., Iowa Univ., V., p. 307. part, if not the whole, of the Postglacial stage of the Pleistocene. OLIVER P. HAY catalytic ACTION OF IRON SALTS ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"... for many indispensable platinum vessels. CAMBRIDGE, MASS., October 18, 1907. catalytic DECOMPOSITION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE UNDER HIGH PRESSURES OF ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"In the case of the catalytic influence of molybdic acid on the reaction between ... Aluminium chloride also, well known ля а catalytic agent, forms definite ..."

4. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"catalytic agents are those which alter the rate of a reaction without ... But the catalytic value of the metal is entirely dependent on its finely divided ..."

5. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"They have been termed catalytic. catalytic Reactions and Catalyzers. — The above is far from being an isolated example in the field of chemistry. ..."

6. Industrial Hydrogen by Hugh Stott Taylor (1921)
"The Continuous Water-Gas catalytic Process Outline of the Process.—Water-gas and steam are admixed, raised to a temperature of approximately 450° C. by ..."

7. The Determination of Hydrogen Ions: An Elementary Treatise on the Hydrogen by William Mansfield Clark (1920)
"For temperature coefficients and for the influence of neutral salts etc. the original paper may be consulted. catalytic DECOMPOSITION OF ..."

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