catalyze
verb (used with object)
to act upon by catalysis.
catalyzer
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a word derived from
catalyze.
Example Sentences
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But the secret ingredient in its cry catalyzer has always been Jack and the writers’ refusal to lionize him.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2018
Lately a new catalyzer has appeared in the railroad crucible.
From Time Magazine Archive
DEFINITION: A catalyzer is a substance which changes the velocity of a reaction, but does not change its products.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
Besides the action of the thyroid as energizer, lubricator, and growth catalyzer, it has a remarkable power as a differentiator of tissues.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
The mass of the catalyzing body has no definite proportion to that of the substances entering into the reaction, and the appearance of the catalyzer is in no way altered by the reaction.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
