acatalytic

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ catalytic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.kætəˈlɪtɪk/

Adjective

acatalytic (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) Not involving or exhibiting catalysis; lacking catalytic activity.
    • 1918 March, Dr. W. Herbig, “ANNUAL REPORT ON FATS OILS AND WAXES FOR YEAR 1916”, in The American Perfumer and Essential Oil Review, volume XIII, number 1, New York, page 279:
      Comparative tests made with both catalysts demonstrated to him conclusively, that under the working conditions of the industrial practice, metallic catalysts are always more effective than oxides, though there are oxides which give metal, which, however, in acatalytic action is below the oxide catalyst.
    • 1998, Bruce W. Smith, Kazuaki Suzuki, James R. Sheats, editors, Microlithography: Science and Technology, illustrated edition, CRC Press, page 532:
      The absorbance of a PAG for chemically amplified resist can be quite low because of the high quantum yield resulting from acatalytic reactions.
    • 2023, Surya Nandan Meena, Vinod Nandre, Kisan Kodam, Ram Swaroop Meena, editors, New Horizons in Natural Compound Research (Progress in Biochemistry and Biotechnology), Elsevier, page 472:
      The catalytic site of these enzymes contains acatalytic triade, serine, histidine and glutamine.
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