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語源

From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”). By surface analysis, cata- +‎ -lysis.

発音

• IPA: /kəˈtæləsɪs/

名詞

catalysis (countable and uncountable, plural catalyses)

1. (chemistry) The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst.

派生語

関連する語

• catalyst
• catalytic
• catalyze
• catalyzer

Further reading

• “catalysis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “catalysis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “catalysis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.