Catalyst in a sentence as a noun

Well, okay, I can run it until my special catalyst runs out.

The Parallella, I think, is a catalyst for a lot of small projects that I've wanted to do for a while.

In order for a riot to occur there must be some sort of event that acts as a Schelling point or catalyst.

Awareness is a key catalyst for change and many laws are for special interest groups rather than general interest.

Also, the device only had the oxygen evolving catalyst and relied on a buffer solution to supply the H+ ions.

In times of peace, leaders have no dire motivation to mold their citizens into specific paths that are catalyst for military purposes.

It is also unfortunately true that some topics degenerate to flamewars on HN. Why Mongo is such catalyst is a phenomenon in itself.

I was referring to some commenters putting forward theories about the DRM removal story being the catalyst for action here, which is ludicrous.

A modern supercar is like stone soup - the designer is just a catalyst for the expertise and resources of a whole army of manufacturers.

"Don't care for Android vs. iPhone arguments but lets at least admit that iPhone was a significant catalyst that moved forward the smartphone movement initially at the least.

Logically addressed networks are finally starting to break, and that's a good thing, but the catalyst that will move us away from these systems is one that subsumes existing infrastructure while adding new features.

Well, not in the offensive sense of "*****, you better behave or ima smack you", but at least something modern like "honey, when you talk to my employees and act really strange and intimidating around them, it makes things very difficult for me at work".The wife's behavior seems to be the catalyst for nearly all the drama described here.

[Digression: We either need a quantum increase in life-span, or a market force catalyst that will speed up market dynamics few orders of magnitude, so that the consequence of a market intervention affects the same guy who made that intervention]Back to aspirin, its really somewhat of a wonder-drug without a hype, if you can stomach it that is.

Catalyst definitions

noun

(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

See also: accelerator

noun

something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"