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What does catalyze mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word catalyze? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction.
  2. (transitive) To accelerate a process.
  3. (transitive) To inspire significantly by catalysis.
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The enzymes that catalyze the chemical reactions that keep the cells alive function most efficiently over a limited range of body temperatures.
Copper is usually utilized in organisms as a cofactor in enzymes or electron transfer proteins that catalyze redox reactions or oxygen chemistry.
Producing affective switch points between two simultaneous registers of sympathy and ridicule, minstrel performances catalyze confrontations within social relations.
A major category of applications is the use of enzymes to catalyze complex reactions for which there are no conventional catalysts.
Furthermore, even enzymes that catalyze apparently identical steps in catabolic and anabolic routes may exhibit different properties.
Zeolites can soak up liquid or gas molecules and also catalyze chemical reactions.

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