catalyze
verb[T]
US(UKcatalyse)us/ˈkæt̬.əl.aɪz/uk/ˈkæt.əl.aɪz/chemistryspecialized
to make achemicalreactionhappenorhappenmorequicklybyactingas acatalyst:
It wasthoughtthat onlyproteinscould catalyzereactionsincells.
to make somethingstarthappeningorstartbeingsuccessful:
Will this be enough to catalyze the country'smoribundindustry?
Physical & chemical processes
- absorbable
- absorptive
- absorptive capacity
- acidification
- addition reaction
- condense
- evaporate
- evaporation
- excitability
- excitation
- excite
- exergonic
- nuclear fission
- oxidize
- recondense
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- reliquefy
- solidify
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Causing things to happen