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
In its modern manufacture the catalyzer or instigator of the combination is not sunlight but porous carbon.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
A catalyzer is the friction of the match which sets free the chemical energy of the powder magazine.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
Ostwald has shown that catalysis consists essentially in the acceleration or retardation of chemical reactions which would take place without the action of the catalyzer, but more slowly.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
