OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18157

catalyst

/ˈkæt.ɪ.lɪst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
catalizador
A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process.
Enzymes, the catalysts of biological systems, are remarkable molecular devices that determine the pattern of chemical transformations.
agitador • catalizador • demiurgo • enzima • fermento • levadura
Something that encourages progress or change.
Economic development and integration are working as a catalyst for peace.
It was a morning baptized by my first cup of coffee, freshly brewed over a gravel-bar fire, while they celebrated with the stronger catalyst of sour-mash whiskey in their fishing-v…
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