catalytic

«catalytic» in Mova's school dictionary: Speeding up a chemical reaction without being used up… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (catalytic); noun catalyst

meaning for a pupil

1) Speeding up a chemical reaction without being used up; working as a catalyst. tree →

2) Causing important changes to happen. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons it describes catalysts that make reactions faster, like enzymes in the body. In everyday life, cars have a "catalytic converter" that turns harmful exhaust gases into less harmful ones. Phrases: "catalytic converter", "catalytic role".

examples

• A catalytic converter cleans a car's exhaust gases. tree →
• Enzymes are catalytic and speed up digestion. tree →
• Thieves sometimes steal catalytic converters from cars. tree →
• The teacher showed a catalytic reaction that made foam. tree →
• Her speech played a catalytic role in changing the rules. tree →

note

Adjective of "catalyst". Pronounced "kat-a-LIT-ik". A catalyst is not used up in the reaction, so it can work again and again.

In the corpora

• Platinum is rarer than gold and is used in car parts called catalytic converters that clean exhaust fumes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «catalytic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.