pacemaker
1. (Science: apparatus, physiology) An object or substance that influences the rate at which a certain phenomenon occurs, often used alone to indicate the natural cardiac pacemaker or an artificial cardiac pacemaker.
2. (Science: biochemistry) A substance whose rate of reaction sets the pace for a series of interrelated reactions.
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