catalytic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: cat=a=lyt=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

catalytic, a. 

 Relating to, or causing, catalysis.  Ure.  [1913 Webster]

Catalytic force, that form of chemical energy formerly supposed to determine catalysis.

catalytic, n. 

 An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

catalytic, adj. Chem. relating to or involving catalysis.

Idiom

catalytic converter a device incorporated in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle, with a catalyst for converting pollutant gases into harmless products. catalytic cracker a device for cracking (see CRACK v. 9) petroleum oils by catalysis.

ROGET THESAURUS

catalytic

Decomposition

N decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution, corruption, dispersion, disjunction, disintegration, decomposed, catalytic, analytical, resolvent, separative, solvent.