- Look up
catastrophe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Catastrophe or
catastrophic comes from the Gr**** κατά (kata) = down; στροφή (strophē) = turning...
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actuarial science, engineering, meteorology, and seismology.
Natural catastrophes (sometimes
referred to as "nat cat") that are
modeled include: Hurricane...
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single cusp
structure remaining when a > 0.
Umbilic catastrophes are
examples of
corank 2
catastrophes. They can be
observed in
optics in the
focal surfaces...
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Error catastrophe refers to the ****ulative loss of
genetic information in a
lineage of
organisms due to high
mutation rates. The
mutation rate
above which...
- Czeisler, C. A.; Dement, W. C.; Dinges, D. F.; Graeber, R. C. (1988). "
Catastrophes, Sleep, and
Public Policy:
Consensus Report". Sleep. 11 (1): 100–109...
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November 2010. Love and
Other Catastrophes at IMDb Love and
Other Catastrophes at the TCM
Movie Database Love and
Other Catastrophes at Oz
Movies Roger Ebert...
- A
catastrophic failure is a
sudden and
total failure from
which recovery is impossible.
Catastrophic failures often lead to
cascading systems failure....
- A
catastrophic illness is a
severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery.
Examples include cancer,
heart attack or stroke.
These illnesses...
- The full
catastrophe is a
comic phrase usually used to
characterize any kind of disaster. The
phrase appears in the 1964 film
Zorba the Gr****,
where it...
- P**** by
catastrophe is an
academic urban legend proposing that if some
particular catastrophic event occurs,
students whose performance could have been...