Noun
catalytic agent (plural catalytic agents)
a catalyst
Matthiessen (1941). 425 Reading Shakespeare had been "a catalytic agent" Matthiessen (1941), 428 for Melville, one that transformed his writing "from limited reporting to the expression of profound natural forces." Source: Internet
Matthiessen (1941). 425 Reading Shakespeare, Matthiessen observes, had been "a catalytic agent" for Melville, one that transformed his writing "from limited reporting to the expression of profound natural forces". Source: Internet