nuclear physics has exerted a strong catalytic influence on developments in science

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• cat´a|lyt´i|cal|ly — cat|a|lyt|ic «KAT uh LIHT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of catalysis: »The fuel is self igniting and is broken down by catalytic action into water (Newsweek). 2. causing catalysis. 3. Figurative. causing change without being directly affected… …   Useful english dictionary

• cat|a|lyt|ic — «KAT uh LIHT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of catalysis: »The fuel is self igniting and is broken down by catalytic action into water (Newsweek). 2. causing catalysis. 3. Figurative. causing change without being directly affected itself:… …   Useful english dictionary

• technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …   Universalium