English Explanatory Dictionary

katal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat.

Word forms

katal katals

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”).

Related words

catalysis

Derived words

attokatal centikatal decakatal decikatal exakatal femtokatal gigakatal hectokatal kilokatal microkatal millikatal nanokatal picokatal yoctokatal
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