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Noun: activation energy
  1. The energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur
    "catalysts are said to reduce the activation energy during the transition phase of a reaction";
    - energy of activation

Derived forms: activation energies

Type of: energy, free energy

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