ANTICATALYST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("anticatalyst" is a kind of...):

inhibitor (a substance that retards or stops an activity)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Antonym:

catalyst ((chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected)

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