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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction;
- Example: "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"
[syn: catalysis, contact action]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contact action n 1: acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced" [syn: catalysis, contact action]