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This term originated as in chemistry to describe some substance that increased the rate of a chemical reaction. The aspect of that definition as "... something that precipates an event," is used in engineering.
"Catalyst" has become an abstract. A speech might be a catalyst for political action.
Basic, elementary studies of physical events are stated to occur without reference to "action of the catalyst." as many other terms of science, is an abstract. is essential to understanding of the events of physical systems. Every event starts somehow. "Catalyst" is the abstract reason of "cause of an event. The "catalyst" is like a trigger, prior to pull... nothing then upon pull... a happening. Our technical minds, drawings of events, all have a mechanism or idea of initiation - that idea, "initiation of event"... we call the catalyst.
The idea, "catalyst," originated with chemistry. It was discovered that certain reactions of chemical reactants, say A and B, were enhanced by the presence of a third substance, the catalyst. Thus, should A and B alone be disinclined to react, or should A and B alone react only partially, addition to A and B of a catalyst would promote reaction initiation and or degree of completion. A curious fact is catalyst participation involved no change.
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