Search Result for "energy_of_activation":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur;
- Example: "catalysts are said to reduce the energy of activation during the transition phase of a reaction"
[syn: activation energy, energy of activation]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

energy of activation n 1: the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur; "catalysts are said to reduce the energy of activation during the transition phase of a reaction" [syn: activation energy, energy of activation]