Catalytic

Word CATALYTIC
Character 9
Hyphenation cat a lyt ic cat a ly tic
Pronunciations /ˌkætəˈlɪtɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Catalytic"

What do we mean by catalytic?

Of or relating to a catalyst; having properties facilitating chemical reaction or change.

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The word "catalytic" in example sentences

The term catalytic is loosely used by RNA world enthusiasts who put forth the argument that RNA catalytic properties could have initially substituted for those of proteins. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It only treats, by way of analogy, the subject of the ability of RV+NS to rapidly acquire peaks of fitness, and if you extend the analogy (as I have done) to something like protein catalytic rates then you can understand how highly catalytic proteins could evolve and not need to be assembled tornado-in-a-junkyard fashion by random chance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

BTW - immigrants (be they illegal or legal) contribute to urban sprawl, increased pollution from cars, increased pollution from power plants, increased usage of water, increased usage of mined metals (in catalytic converters, cell phones, jewelry, etc) and deforastion. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The pace and style of political change is set by what might be called the catalytic nations, radiating their influence to their immediate neighbors, prompting also imitation among the more distant, and leaving only a few isolated regions impervious to the impact of new political fashions and ideas. ❋ Zbigniew Brzezinski (1993)

Both metals are used to make car exhaust filters, known as catalytic converters, making their prices sensitive to fluctuations in automotive production. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

The noble metals are widely used in car exhaust filters, known as catalytic converters, leaving their prices sensitive to disruptions in the automotive sector. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

Platinum and palladium are widely used in car-exhaust filters, known as catalytic converters, with auto-catalyst demand accounting for about 46% of platinum and 61% of palladium consumption, according to specialty chemicals company Johnson Matthey PLC. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

Platinum and palladium are heavily used in manufacturing car-exhaust filters known as catalytic converters, and prices tend to soften when demand falls. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

Platinum is widely used in car exhaust filters, known as catalytic converters, and prices tend to be very sensitive to the automotive sector recovery in Japan, home to the world's largest car makers. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

Platinum and palladium are primarily used in car exhaust filters, known as catalytic converters with auto-catalyst demand accounting for around 46% of platinum and 61% of palladium consumption, according to specialty chemicals company Johnson Matthey PLC. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

The term catalytic has a very limited scope when referencing RNA. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Researchers at General Motors focused on a new device, called the catalytic converter, to reduce emissions. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The process triggers bonds between carbon atoms using a twist on what is known as catalytic hydrogenation, a standard chemical reaction in industrial settings typically deployed to bond carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Hidden from view of the crewers by a long thick pipe he'd called a catalytic-balance slifter, she made her way forward. ❋ Zahn, Timothy (2001)

What we realized at that time is that there is a process that involves very small amounts of certain species — free radicals like these chlorine atoms — the so-called catalytic process that could potentially affect the ozone layer. ❋ F. Sherwood Rowland (2000)

Berzelius introduced the name catalysis instead, with the active but unconsumed substance being termed the catalytic substance or catalyst, and the cause underlying the phenomena catalytic force. ❋ Unknown (1966)

A process called catalytic pyrolysis converts biomass, such as sawdust, into valuable chemicals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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