catalytic reaction
21catalytic activity — noun a) The increase in rate of a chemical reaction caused by the presence of a catalyst. b) An amount of catalyst, expressed as the increase of the rate of its reaction …
22reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… …
23Catalytic Converter — An air pollution control device that removes organic contaminants by oxidizing them into carbon dioxide and water through a chemical reaction using a catalysis, which is a substance that increases (or decreases) the rate of a chemical reaction… …
24catalytic antibody — (= abenzyme) Antibody raised against a transition state analogue (eg. a phosphate analogue of a carboxylic acid ester transition state) that can then catalyse the analogous chemical reaction, though not as effectively as a true enzyme …
25catalytic — adjective /ˌkætəˈlɪtɪk/ Of or relating to a catalyst; having properties facilitating chemical reaction or change. See Also: catalyst, catalysis, catalyze, catalyzer …
26catalytic site — in an enzyme, the portion of the active site that converts the substrate to a reaction product or otherwise interacts with it. Cf. binding s …
27catalytic — cat|a|lyt|ic [ ,kætə lıtık ] adjective 1. ) SCIENCE causing a chemical reaction to happen more quickly 2. ) causing something to happen or change …
28catalytic agent — substance that initiates a chemical reaction; that which provokes significant change …
29catalytic — UK [ˌkætəˈlɪtɪk] / US adjective 1) chemistry causing a chemical reaction to happen more quickly 2) causing something to happen or change …
30catalytic converter — /ˌkætəlɪtɪk kənˈvɜtə/ (say .katuhlitik kuhn vertuh) noun a device installed in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle, usually close to the exhaust manifold, containing a benign substance (usually a precious metal such as platinum or rhodium)… …
