anticatalyst

an·ti·cat·a·lyst

A0335500 (ăn′tē-kăt′l-ĭst, ăn′tī-)n.1. A substance that retards or arrests a chemical reaction.2. A substance that reduces or destroys the effectiveness of a catalyst.

anticatalyst

(ˌæntɪˈkætəlɪst) n1. (Chemistry) a substance that destroys or diminishes the activity of a catalyst2. (Chemistry) another name for inhibitor²

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1.anticatalyst - (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalystchemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsinhibitor - a substance that retards or stops an activitycatalyst, accelerator - (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected