Commonly called the turnover number,

, and defined, as in enzyme
catalysis, as molecules reacting per
active site in unit time.
Source:
PAC, 1976, 46, 71
(Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units - Appendix
II. Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Part II:
Heterogeneous Catalysis)
on page 81