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Autocatalyst vs Hypercycle - What's the difference?

autocatalyst | hypercycle |

As nouns the difference between autocatalyst and hypercycle

is that autocatalyst is any catalyst that participates in autocatalysis while hypercycle is a curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line.

autocatalyst

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any catalyst that participates in autocatalysis
  • The catalyst in the catalytic converter of a motor car

    • hypercycle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A curve whose points have the same orthogonal distance from a given straight line.
  • (chemistry) A system of self-replicating molecules, as an explanation for the self organization of prebiotic systems.

    • Synonyms

    *(geometry) hypercircle, equidistant curve

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