Catalysis

Definition: Catalysis

Catalysis

Noun

1. Acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction.

Etymology: Catalysis \Ca*tal"y*sis\, noun; plural Catalyse.[ML., from the Greek expression dissolution, from to destroy, dissolve; kata` down, wholly to loose.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Catalysis

Domain	Definitions
Mining	Acceleration or deceleration of a chemical reaction produced by asubstance that is unchanged by the reaction. (references)
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Synonyms within Context: Catalysis

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Decomposition	Noun: decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption; (uncleanness); dispersion; disjunction; disintegration.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Catalysis

English words defined with "catalysis": autocatalysis ♦ Catalyse, catalytic, Catalytic force, catalyze ♦ Diffusate. (references)

Specialty definitions using "catalysis": Serine Endopeptidases. (references)

Etymologies containing "catalysis": Autocatalysis. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Catalysis

Domain	Title
Books	Applied Homogeneous Catalysis With Organometallic Compounds: A Comprehensive Handbook (reference) Catalysis in Chemistry and Enzymology (reference) Late Transition Metal Polymerization Catalysis (reference) Objects, Components, and Frameworks With Uml: The Catalysis Approach (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) (reference) Structure and Mechanism in Protein Science: A Guide to Enzyme Catalysis and Protein Folding (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ca Selects Plus: Catalysis Applied & Physical Aspects (reference) Catalysts And Catalysis (reference) Catalysis Communications (reference) Kinetics And Catalysis (reference) Reaction Kinetics And Catalysis Letters (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Usage Frequency: Catalysis

"Catalysis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Catalysis" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	42	52,864

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Catalysis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
catalysis	57
catalysis journal	6
catalysis letter	4
catalysis reaction	3
catalysis corp	3
catalysis homogeneous	3
catalysis in science study surface	3
catalysis interface mineral water	3
catalysis chemistry combinatorial olefin polymerization	3
catalysis hyperion	3
biomimetic catalysis	3
american catalysis north society	2
catalysis journal molecular	2
applied catalysis	2
catalysis chemistry combinatorial	2
catalysis urethane	2
advanced catalysis synthesis	2
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Modern Translations: Catalysis

Language		Translations for "catalysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الحفز كيمياء. (various references)

Bulgarian		катализация, катализа. (various references)

Chinese		催化. (various references)

Czech		katalýza. (various references)

Danish		katalyse. (various references)

Dutch		katalyse. (various references)

Finnish		katalyysi. (various references)

French		catalyse. (various references)

German		katalyse (catalyse). (various references)

Greek		κατάλυση (abolition). (various references)

Hebrew		קטליז�". (various references)

Hungarian		katalízis. (various references)

Indonesian		katalis. (various references)

Italian		catalisi. (various references)

Manx		catalysys. (various references)

Pig Latin		atalysiscay

Portuguese		catalise, catálise. (various references)

Romanian		catalizã. (various references)

Russian		катализ. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kataliza. (various references)

Spanish		catálisis. (various references)

Swedish		katalys. (various references)

Thai		การเพิ่มปฏิกิริยาทางเคมี. (various references)

Turkish		tezleştirme, kataliz. (various references)

Ukranian		розпад (break up, disintegration, fragmentation), каталіз. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Catalysis

Derivations
	Words ending with "catalysis": autocatalysis. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Catalysis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Actilyse, catalsis, catalsys, catalyser, cataylsis, cathalysis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Catalysis"

Words rhyming with "catalysis" (pronounced 'Ca*tal"y*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Catalysis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-s-s-t-y"
	-1 letter: salacity, staysail.
	-2 letters: casitas.
	-3 letters: aliyas, assail, casita, cassia, classy, clasts, satays, ticals.
	-4 letters: acyls, alias, alist, aliya, assai, assay, asyla, atlas, casas, casts, cissy, cists, class, clast, clays, clits, cysts, laics, laity, lasts, lists, litas, lysis, lyssa, lytic, sails, salic, salsa, salts, salty, satay, satis, sayst, scaly, scats, sials, silts, silty, sisal, slats.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-s-s-t-y"
	+2 letters: salicylates, spastically.
	+3 letters: classicality, quasicrystal, sadistically, syllabicates.
	+4 letters: anticatalysts, apocalyptisms, apocalyptists, associatively, astrophysical, autocatalysis, cryptanalysis, cytochalasins, fascistically, isostatically, microanalysts, plastocyanins, quasicrystals, sarcastically, statistically.
	+5 letters: classificatory, satisfactorily, schismatically, scholastically, stochastically, syllabications, systematically, tyrannicalness.
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