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ENERGY OF ACTIVATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur
Example:
catalysts are said to reduce the energy of activation during the transition phase of a reaction
Synonyms:
activation energy; energy of activation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("energy of activation" is a kind of...):
energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)
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