autocatalytic
- a word derived from autocatalysis.
Example Sentences
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Chemical reactions that produce molecules that encourage the same reaction to happen again and again are called autocatalytic reactions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023
Proteins rarely attack themselves, a process called autocatalytic posttranslation modification, and it is very difficult to predict which proteins will react with themselves and which ones won't.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2022
Many molecules important to life are autocatalytic, and in the soupy ocean and suffocating atmosphere of the young earth their concentration would tend to increase.
From Time Magazine Archive
And since these particular autocatalytic technologies drive whole sectors of society, there is a risk that civilization itself may become unstable, unpredictable and unreliable.
From Time Magazine Archive
That is, the adoption of food production exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process—one that catalyzes itself in a positive feedback cycle, going faster and faster once it has started.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
