catalyse

• Verbo que designa la acción de provocar o acelerar una reacción química, o, en sentido más amplio, causar o acelerar un proceso o cambio.

A verb used to indicate the act of causing or accelerating a chemical reaction, or more broadly, provoking or speeding up a process or change.

1. B2formalscientific

   To cause or accelerate a chemical reaction by the action of a catalyst, which remains unchanged at the end of the process.

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   • Enzymes catalyse biochemical reactions in the human body.
   • The chemist used a platinum catalyst to catalyse the reaction.
   • Certain metals can catalyse the breakdown of pollutants.

   Sinónimoscatalyze