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- noun Plural form of
catalysis . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
catalyse .
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Examples
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Arnolfini, Sat to 19 Nov; Part two: 9 Dec to 5 FebSSHere's a show staged in part-darkness that at times touches on psychologically doomy themes while at others it catalyses moments of pure sensuous illumination.
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Think of a particular enzyme, which catalyses the chemical combination of two molecules, P and Q, to make the compound PQ.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Think of a particular enzyme, which catalyses the chemical combination of two molecules, P and Q, to make the compound PQ.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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The downturn - and the human misery it catalyses - makes wholesale government waste all the more disgraceful.
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The downturn - and the human misery it catalyses - makes wholesale government waste all the more disgraceful.
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Thymidine dimers occur when UV light catalyses a reaction where two thymine residues bond with one another and form a bulge in the DNA.
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It empowers and catalyses innovative initiatives in the field of international cooperation in science, in particular through networks and capacity building activities.
Science, Education & Society: International Day for Biological Diversity The Urban Scientist 2008
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It is now well established that ribosomal RNA catalyses peptide bond formation during translation.
Advanced Information: The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006
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This is why I encourage governments to announce that some portion of their infrastructure will run on Linux - it catalyses the whole ecosystem to make their existing capacity public ...
Archive 2007-06-01 Bill Kerr 2007
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This is why I encourage governments to announce that some portion of their infrastructure will run on Linux - it catalyses the whole ecosystem to make their existing capacity public ...
Mark Shuttleworth's Ubuntu manifesto Bill Kerr 2007
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