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catalytically

catalytically

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In a way that makes a chemical reaction happen faster
  • adverb
  • /ˌkætəˈlɪtɪkli/
  • Specialized
: catalíticamente
  • The enzyme works catalytically to accelerate the reaction without being consumed in the process.
  • catalytically destroy
  • catalytically active

Examples

  • The mutant enzyme, in addition to being catalytically active at pH 5.5, showed a 3.1-fold increased catalytic efficiency towards glucose.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The most obvious explanation would be that a catalytically active N-terminal domain provides a selective advantage apart from the potential to produce angiotensin II.

    Academic text (2018)
  • It turns out that certain materials like oxides are actually more catalytically active than the precious metals.

  • The realization that trace gases in the atmosphere could react catalytically with ozone provided an explanation.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Photodissociation would produce chlorine atoms, which would then catalytically destroy ozone.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The two major components of coal gas, carbon monoxide and hydrogen, are reacted catalytically to make methane and steam.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Once chlorine is liberated from the CFC by UV photolysis, it can catalytically destroy ozone.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Because NOx radicals also catalytically destroy stratospheric ozone, a constant ozone concentration is naturally maintained.

    Academic text (1991)
  • A catalytically active layer of zero-valent Pd forms on the Cu surface through a chemical displacement deposition reaction (Figure 3).

    Academic text (1998)
  • At the end of the polar winter, these molecules dissociate to form chlorine radicals under the influence of sunlight and catalytically destroy ozone at a rate dependent on the square of the chlorine oxide concentration.

    Academic text (1991)

Surface Forms

catalytically positive

Morphology

catalytically = catalytic (transparent) = catalyt + ic + ally

The adverb is regularly formed from the adjective 'catalytic' using the productive adverbial ending '-ally', so the relation is clear to learners who know the adjective.

Etymology

Catalytically comes from the noun catalyst, which comes from a Greek root meaning 'loosen' called lysis, the same element you see in analysis. A catalyst makes a change happen faster without being used up, so to act catalytically is to do something 'in a way that speeds up' a reaction.