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katal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
katal
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: κατάλυσις

Inflected Forms

katals (plural)

Derived Forms

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

Frequently Paired Words

catalysis

Questions

What does katal mean?
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat.
Where does katal come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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