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English

Etymology

: From the {{t+|el|καταστροφή|sc=Grek}}, derived from the verb καταστρέφω, "to overturn", from κατά "down" + στρέφω "turn".

Noun

  1. Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
  2. In the Context of A disaster beyond expectations
  3. The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot in a tragedy.
  4. A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.


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Translations

  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Katastrophe|f}}, {{t+|de|Unglück|f}}
  • Hungarian: ,
  • Russian: {{t|ru|катастрофа|f|tr=katastrófa|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Katastrophe|f}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|катастрофа|f|tr=katastrófa|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Katastrophe|f}}
  • Finnish:

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Catastrophe \Ca*tas"tro*phe\, n. [L. catastropha, Gr. ?, fr. ?
to turn up and down, to overturn; kata` down + ? to turn.]
1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of
things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or
disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great
misfortune.
[1913 Webster]

The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London.
--Bp. Burnet.
[1913 Webster]

The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that
nature ever yet saw. --Woodward.
[1913 Webster]

2. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a
denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a
comedy.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Geol.) A violent and widely extended change in the
surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of
some part of it, effected by internal causes. --Whewell.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet catastrophe
n 1: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole
city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the
earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, disaster,
tragedy, cataclysm]
2: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and
misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe
for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster"
[syn: disaster]
3: a sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn: cataclysm]
Moby Dictionary
Z , accident , action , anagnorisis , angle , apodosis , architectonics ,
architecture , argument , atmosphere , background , bad luck ,
bitter end , bloodless revolution , blow , bouleversement , breakdown ,
breaking up , breakup , calamity , casualty , cataclysm , cave , cave-in ,
ceasing , cessation , characterization , clean slate , clean sweep ,
climax , coda , collapse , collision , color , completion , complication ,
computer revolution , conclusion , consummation , continuity ,
contretemps , contrivance , convulsion , counterrevolution ,
crack of doom , crack-up , crash , culmination , curtain , curtains ,
death , debacle , decease , denouement , design , destination , destiny ,
development , device , disaster , doom , effect , end , end point ,
end result , ending , envoi , epilogue , episode , eschatology ,
expiration , fable , failure , falling action , fate , fiasco ,
final result , final solution , final twitch , final words , finale ,
finality , finis , finish , gimmick , goal , grief , ill hap , incident ,
izzard , last , last act , last breath , last gasp , last things ,
last trumpet , last words , latter end , line , local color ,
misadventure , mischance , misfortune , mishap , mood , motif , movement ,
mythos , nasty blow , omega , overthrow , overturn , palace revolution ,
payoff , period , peripeteia , peroration , pileup , plan , plot ,
quietus , radical change , recognition , resolution , resting place ,
revolt , revolution , revolutionary war , revulsion , rising action ,
scheme , secondary plot , shipwreck , shock , slant , smash , smashup ,
spasm , staggering blow , stoppage , stopping place , story ,
striking alteration , structure , subject , subplot , subversion ,
swan song , sweeping change , switch , tabula rasa ,
technological revolution , term , terminal , termination , terminus ,
thematic development , theme , tone , topic , total change , total loss ,
tragedy , transilience , twist , upset , violent change , washout ,
windup , wrack , wreck


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