Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
noun
Be·lo·u·sov-Zha·bo·tin·sky reaction
ˌbe-lə-ˈü-ˌsȯf-zhä-bə-ˈtin-skē-
variants
or less commonly Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction
ˌbe-lə-ˈü-ˌsȯf-zhä-bə-ˈtin-skē-
chemistry
: any of a class of autocatalytic chemical reactions characterized by the creation of a self-sustaining repeating pattern
Chemical computing owes its power to an intriguing but complex piece of chemistry called the Belousov-Zhabotinsky or BZ reaction.—Duncan Graham-Rowe, New Scientist, 26 Mar. 2005
called also BZ reaction
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