🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

réacteur biocatalytique

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁe.aktœʁ bjɔ.ka.ta.li.tik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Biocatalytic reactor/ˌbaɪ.oʊ.kəˈtæl.ɪ.tɪk riˈæk.tər/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le réacteur biocatalytique permet de synthétiser des molécules complexes à basse température."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A containment vessel or system designed to carry out biochemical transformations using enzymes or whole microbial, plant, or animal cells as catalysts.

    "The pharmaceutical company installed a new biocatalytic reactor to synthesize complex chiral intermediates more sustainably."
  2. 2

    An industrial bioreactor optimized specifically for enzymatic catalysis rather than standard cellular fermentation.

    "Optimizing mass transfer within the biocatalytic reactor significantly improved the conversion rate of the substrate."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a modern scientific compound combining 'bio-' (derived from Greek bios meaning life), 'catalytic' (from Greek katályein meaning to dissolve or break down, via chemistry), and 'reactor' (from Latin reactus, past participle of reagere). It emerged in the late 20th century with the advancement of biochemical engineering and white biotechnology to describe vessels utilizing enzymes or whole cells for chemical transformations.

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🇫🇷French → English

réacteur biocatalytique

Transliteration: ʁe.aktœʁ bjɔ.ka.ta.li.tik

"Le réacteur biocatalytique permet de synthétiser des molécules complexes à basse température."

🇩🇪German → English

biokatalytischer Reaktor

Transliteration: biokaˌtaˈlʏtɪʃɐ ʁeˈaktoːɐ̯

"Der biokatalytische Reaktor wird in der Feinchemie eingesetzt."

🇮🇹Italian → English

reattore biocatalitico

Transliteration: reatˈtore biokataliˈtiko

"Il reattore biocatalitico ottimizza la produzione di composti ecologici."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

reactor biocatalítico

Transliteration: reakˈtoɾ βjokataliˈtiko

"Utilizaron un reactor biocatalítico para reducir los residuos tóxicos."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

reator biocatalítico

Transliteration: ʁi.aˈtoʁ bi.o.ka.taˈli.ti.ku

"O reator biocatalítico melhorou a eficiência do processo enzimático."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

जैवउत्प्रेरक रिएक्टर

Transliteration: jaiv-utprerak riyaktor

"जैवउत्प्रेरक रिएक्टर का उपयोग दवा निर्माण में किया जाता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

生物催化反应器

Transliteration: shēng wù cuī huà fǎn yìng qì

"该生物催化反应器大幅提高了生产效率。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

생물촉매 반응기

Transliteration: saengmul-chokmae baneunggi

"연구원들은 새로운 생물촉매 반응기를 설계했습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

生体触媒反応器

Transliteration: seitai shokubai hannōki

"生体触媒反応器を用いた環境に優しい合成プロセス。"

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