The Collaborative International Dictionary
Autocatalysis \Au`to*ca*tal"y*sis\, n. [Auto- + catalysis.] (Chem.) Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic, a.
Wiktionary
a. (context chemistry of a reaction English) catalyzed by one of its own products
WordNet
adj. relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis
Usage examples of "autocatalytic".
It became, in integration, a logistic curve of an autocatalytic process.
The first is a series of autocatalytic chemical reactions concentrated within tiny vesicles whose skins are self-organizing lipid bilayers.
He says the reaction should be autocatalytic, and once seeded, the fluidizer will start making more silamine.
Are we talking about organic life, or any kind of generalized autocatalytic feedback loop?
Molecular autocatalytic feedback loops, basically, with contingent programming written into their reproductive protocols.
He had seen what he thought was a code for the arrangement of hydrogen bonds in the primitive protein molecules of the autocatalytic set.
That is, the adoption of food production exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process—one that catalyzes itself in a positive feedback cycle, going faster and faster once it has started.
Technology’s history exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process: that is, one that speeds up at a rate that increases with time, because the process catalyzes itself.
That is, the adoption of food production exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process--one that catalyzes itself in a positive feedback cycle, going faster and faster once it has started.
I'm not familiar enough with autocatalytic set theory to understand the details, but it seems that a distinct phase transition is taking place.
Thousands of different autocatalytic chemical networks must have arisen soon after the formation of Orpheus, but as the ocean chemistry and the climate changed in the Vegan system's early traumatic millennia, the ability to respond to selection pressure had itself been selected for, and the carpets were the result.
Thousands of different autocatalytic chemical networks must have arisen soon after the formation of Orpheusbut as the ocean chemistry and the climate changed in the Vegan system's early traumatic millennia, the ability to respond to selection pressure had itself been selected for, and the carpets were the result.
Thousands of different autocatalytic chemical networks must have arisen soon after the formation of Orpheus-but as the ocean chemistry and the climate changed in the Vegan system's early traumatic millennia, the ability to respond to selection pressure had itself been selected for, and the carpets were the result.