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单词 catastrophically
释义

catastrophe /kə-tasˈtrə-fi/

noun
  1. A sudden disaster or misfortune
  2. An unfortunate conclusion, outcome, etc
  3. A final event
  4. The climax of the action of the plot in a play or novel
  5. A sudden and violent upheaval in some part of the surface of the earth (geology)
  6. In catastrophe theory (see below), a discontinuous change (mathematics)
  7. Rear (Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: Gr kata down, and strophē a turning

catastrophic /kat-ə-strofˈik/ adjective

catastrophˈically adverb

catasˈtrophism noun

The old theory of geological change by vast, unconnected catastrophes and new creations, opp to uniformitarianism

catasˈtrophist noun

catastrophe theory noun

The branch of mathematics dealing with continuous changes in the input of a system which cause a discontinuous change (ie a catastrophe) in the output of the system

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