catalyst
US: /ˈkætəɫəst/, /ˈkætəɫɪst/
UK: /kˈætɐlˌɪst/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
catalyst /'kætəlist/- danh từ
- (hoá học) vật xúc tác, chất xúc tác
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 (chemistry) a substance that makes a chemical reaction happen faster without being changed itself: Chlorine will act as a catalyst.
2 ~ (for sth) a person or thing that causes a change: I see my role as being a catalyst for change. + The riots were later seen as the catalyst for the new political developments.
Concise dictionary
catalysts'kætəlɪstnoun
+(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
+something that causes an important event to happen