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Definitions: Catalyst |
CatalystNoun1. (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. 2. Something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "catalyst" was first used: 1902. (references) |
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Chemistry | A substance that accelerates a chemical reaction but which undergoes no permanent chemical change itself. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | A substance that changes the speed or yield of a chemical reaction without being consumed or chemically changed by the chemical reaction. (references) |
Mining | A substance capable of changing the rate of a reaction without itselfundergoing any net change. (references) |
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Synonym: CatalystSynonym: accelerator (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: anticatalyst (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Well the stone's just a catalyst for the process. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
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Business | The Vega refinery used to be specializing in the solvent and catalyst production necessary for crude oil processing. (references) | |
Because China has abundant rare earth resources, local research institutes and producers are developing the Oxidized Catalytic Converter as a catalyst. (references) | ||
Saudi Aramco, a state owned company and one of the largest oil companies in the world, is planning to convert to unleaded gasoline in the year 2001. Industry sources predict that the Saudi Government will start selling unleaded gasoline by 2003. Saudi petrochemical facilities already produce 2.7 million metric tons per year of methyl tertiary butyl ethylene (MTBE), a replacement catalyst for lead compounds added to gasoline to enhance its performance. (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | This legislation will serve as a catalyst to greater competitiveness and a level playing field for power generators. (references) |
Haiti | The urban population growth will act as a catalyst for an increase in beverage consumption thus creating an increase in bottle production. (references) | |
Bahrain | One of the fastest growing sectors in Bahrain is tourism and the government has placed high priority on it as a catalyst for future growth. (references) | |
Trade | Pakistan | The Bank has also assumed a new role as a catalyst for development. (references) |
Women | Turkey | A study in Batman province showed that for young girls with physical and psychological problems, an early marriage can be catalyst to suicide. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We reinvented government, transforming it into a catalyst for new ideas that stress both opportunity and responsibility, and give our people the tools they need to solve their own problems. |
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| "Catalyst" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.42% of the time. "Catalyst" is used about 347 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) | 99.42% | 345 | 15,401 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 347 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Catalyst International, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "catalyst": catalyst promoter ♦ negative catalyst ♦ radical catalyst. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "catalyst": catalyst-equipped. | |
Ending with "catalyst": twin-catalyst. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
audio catalyst | 1,601 | catalyst driver | 20 |
catalyst | 567 | catalyst semiconductor | 19 |
3500 catalyst cisco xl | 110 | catalyst magazine | 18 |
audio catalyst download | 96 | free audio catalyst | 17 |
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audio catalyst 2.1 | 45 | catalyst change | 15 |
catalyst global shell solution | 40 | 3.5 ati catalyst | 14 |
cisco catalyst 2950 | 38 | catalyst consulting | 13 |
cisco catalyst | 32 | catalyst sigma six | 13 |
catalyst cisco discount switch | 31 | catalyst telecom | 13 |
cisco catalyst switch | 31 | alchemy catalyst | 12 |
cisco catalyst 2900 | 30 | ati catalyst driver | 12 |
cisco catalyst 4000 | 30 | catalyst group | 11 |
cisco catalyst 3550 | 29 | platinum catalyst | 11 |
ati catalyst | 26 | criterion catalyst | 11 |
catalyst ent.com | 26 | case catalyst | 10 |
fitch fuel catalyst | 25 | xing audio catalyst | 10 |
3.4 catalyst | 25 | 3.4 catalyst driver | 10 |
3.5 catalyst | 24 | catalyst cell fuel | 10 |
audio catalyst free download | 24 | catalyst international | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "catalyst"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | katalizator (accelerant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مادة حفازة كيمياء, الحفاز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | катализатор (accelerant, accelerator, catalyzer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 催化劑 , 催化剂. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | katalyzátor (accelerator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | katalysator (non-noble catalyst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | katalysator (catalytic converter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فروگشا, سازمان دهنده , عامل فعل وانفعال شیمیاءی درمجاورت . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kiihdyte (accelerator, activator, catalyst promoter, promoter, promotor), katalyytti (to catalyse, to catalyze), katalysaattori. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | catalyseur (catalytic converter, catalyzer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | katalysator (carrier, catalytic converter, non-noble catalyst, promoter), Beschleuniger (accelerator, accelerators, activator, catalysts, promoter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταλύτης. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זרז (catalyzer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | katalizátor (accelerant, catalyzer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | katalisator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | catalizzatore (catalyzer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 触' . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょくばい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 촉매 (Catalytic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atalystcay catalisador (catalyzer). (various references) catalizator (accelerator, catalyser, catalytic). (various references) катализатор (accelerant, accelerator, catalyzer). (various references) katalizator (adjuvant, catalyzer). (various references) catalizador (catalytic converter). (various references) katalysator (catalyzer). (various references) ตัวเร่งปฎิกิริยา, คนหรือสิ่งที่ทำให้เกิ"การเปลี่ยนแปลง. (various references) katalizatör. (various references) каталізатор. (various references) chất xúc tác (catalyzator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kata. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "catalyst": catalysts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "catalyst": anticatalyst, cocatalyst. (additional references) | |
Words containing "catalyst": anticatalysts, cocatalysts. (additional references) | |
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"Catalyst" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Actilyse, caitalist, camaxys, cataclyst, catalist, catalsys, cataly, catalysm, catalysted, catalyt, catelist, cattalist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "catalyst" (pronounced ka"tulust) |
| 6 | -t u l u s t | capitalist, environmentalist, fundamentalist, gentlest, instrumentalist, littlest, mercantilist. |
| 5 | -u l u s t | agriculturalist, analyst, colonialist, conversationalist, cyclist, editorialist, federalist, finalist, formalist, generalist, herbalist, humblest, imperialist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, internationalist, journalist, loyalist, materialist, medalist, monopolist, motorcyclist, nationalist, naturalist, neutralist, novelist, panelist, photojournalist, populist, psychoanalyst, semifinalist, socialist, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, survivalist, televangelist, traditionalist, ultranationalist, vocalist. |
| 4 | -l u s t | ablest, ballast, bicyclist, calloused, cellist, coolest, cruelest, dullest, fullest, idealist, noblest, palest, simplest, smallest, tallest, violist. |
| 3 | -u s t | abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, canoeist, canvassed, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cultist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, freest, freshest, friendliest, funnest, funniest, furthest, geneticist, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humorist, hygienist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, impressionist, interest, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, meanest, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, newest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, sweetest, swiftest, tannest, technologist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, virologist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-s-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: lyttas, scatty, statal. | |
-3 letters: acyls, asyla, atlas, catty, clast, clays, lytta, salty, satay, scaly, scatt, slaty, tacts, talas, talcs, tasty. | |
-4 letters: aals, acta, acts, acyl, alas, alts, casa, cast, cats, cays, clay, cyst, lacs, lacy, last, lats, lays, salt, scat, slat, slay, stat, stay, tact, tala, talc, tats. | |
-5 letters: aal, aas, act, ala, als. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: catalysts, cattleyas. | |
+2 letters: abstractly, acetylates, cocatalyst, statically. | |
+3 letters: castability, cocatalysts, syntactical. | |
+4 letters: abstractedly, acetylations, anelasticity, anticatalyst, apocalyptist, artiodactyls, artistically, auscultatory, autistically, cryptanalyst, ecstatically. | |
+5 letters: aesthetically, analyticities, anticatalysts, apocalyptists, asthmatically, atavistically, atheistically, atomistically, atypicalities, autocatalyses, autocatalysis, cryptanalysts, fantastically, isostatically, methacrylates, statistically, stigmatically, straitlacedly, strategically, syntactically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 74 61 6C 79 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- - .- .-.. -.--. ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110100 01100001 01101100 01111001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a t a l y s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0074 0061 006C 0079 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767866778918586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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