acatalytic
/ˌeɪ.kætəˈlɪtɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not involving or exhibiting catalysis; lacking catalytic activity.
Example Sentences
- "Comparative tests made with both catalysts demonstrated to him conclusively, that under the working conditions of the industrial practice, metallic catalysts are always more effective than oxides, though there are oxides which give metal, which, however, in acatalytic action is below the oxide catalyst."
- "The absorbance of a PAG for chemically amplified resist can be quite low because of the high quantum yield resulting from acatalytic reactions."
- "The catalytic site of these enzymes contains acatalytic triade, serine, histidine and glutamine."
Etymology
From a- + catalytic.