catalysis

English

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: катализ (ru) (kataliz)
• Spanish: catálisis (es) f
• Swedish: katalys (sv) c
• Tagalog: ganapbilos
• Turkish: tezleşim
• Ukrainian: ката́ліз (uk) m (katáliz)

Further reading

• “catalysis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “catalysis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “catalysis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.