catalytic
catalytic is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Relating to, or causing, catalysis. "The catalytic power is ill understood." Ure. Catalytic force, that form of chemical energy formerly supposed to determine catalysis.
- 2.An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- analysis
- analytical
- analyze
- break
- catalysis
- corruption
- crumble
- decentralize
- decompose
- decomposed
- decomposition
- decompound
- disembody
- disintegration
- disjunction
- disperse
- dispersion
- dissect
- dissection
- dissolution
- dissolve
- dust
- electrolyze
- into
- its
- resolution
- resolve
- resolvent
- separate
- separative
- solvent
- unravel
- unroll
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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