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ANTICATALYST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
Classified under:
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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