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induced reaction

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noun

Chemistry. a chemical reaction that is started or sped up by another reaction happening in the same system.

induced reaction Scientific

A chemical reaction caused or accelerated by another simultaneous chemical reaction.

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induced reactions

plural

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induced reaction

Seclusion evidently induced reaction, and she confessed to the depression I have hinted at.

From Windyridge by Riley, W.

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