CATALYZE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active The Macintosh computer helped catalyze a total change in the way computers were used In chemistry, if something catalyzes a reaction or event, it causes it to happen The wires do not have a large enough surface to catalyze a big explosion
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Catalyze - definition of catalyze by The Free Dictionary To modify, especially to increase, the rate of (a chemical reaction) by catalysis 2 To bring about; initiate: "The technology bred of science has catalyzed stupendous economic growth" (Nature) 3 To produce fundamental change in; transform: changes in student enrollment that have catalyzed the educational system [From catalysis ]
catalyze - Wiktionary, the free dictionary catalyze (third-person singular simple present catalyzes, present participle catalyzing, simple past and past participle catalyzed) (chemistry, transitive) To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction (transitive) To accelerate a process (transitive) To inspire significantly by catalysis