rate-determining
adjective
That determines the rate at which something occurs; (Physical Chemical ) designating the slowest step in a chemical reaction, the speed of which determines the overall rate of reaction; relating to such a step; also called rate-limiting.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in U.S. Patents.
- accomplicity
- accomplish
- accomplishable
- accomplished
- accomplished fact
- accomplisher
- accomplishment
- accomplishment quotient
- accord
- accordable
- accordance
- accordancy
- accordant
- accordantly
- accordatura
- according
- accordingly
- accordion
- accordioned
- accordion file
- accordion folder
- accordionist
- accordion-like
- accordion player
- accost