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catalpa speciosa |
catalufa |
catalyse |
catalysis |
catalyst |
catalytic
| catalytic converter
| catalytic cracker
| catalytically
| catalyze
| catamaran
catalytic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective catalytic has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
catalytic, a.
Relating to, or causing, catalysis. Ure. [1913 Webster]
catalytic, n.
An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
catalytic, adj. Chem. relating to or involving catalysis.
Idiom
catalytic converter a device incorporated in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle, with a catalyst for converting pollutant gases into harmless products. catalytic cracker a device for cracking (see CRACK v. 9) petroleum oils by catalysis.
ROGET THESAURUS
catalytic
Decomposition
N decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution, corruption, dispersion, disjunction, disintegration, decomposed, catalytic, analytical, resolvent, separative, solvent.
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