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Catastrophe
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Catastrophe, from the Greek Καταστροφή (katastrephein), literally means "to turn" (strephein) "downwards" (kata-). It can refer to:
- A disaster, a horrible event
- Catastrophe (drama), the climax and resolution of a plot in ancient Greek drama and poems.
- Catastrophe (play), a 1982 short play by Samuel Beckett
- Catastrophe modeling, the projecting of the cost of losses due to a catastrophic event in insurance
- Catastrophe theory, a field of mathematics that studies how the behaviour of dynamic systems can change drastically with small variations in specific parameters
- Catastrophe bond, a risk-linked security used to share risks with bond investors
- Catastrophe: A Quest for the Origins of the Modern World, a book by David Keyes about the Climate changes of 535-536.
- "Catastrophic" is the term given to any song routine in the Dance Dance Revolution video game series that has a foot rating of nine
- The Catastrophe, a translation of al-Nakba (Arabic: النكبة), referring to the 1948 Palestinian exodus
- Catastrophe, Barret Wallace's Level 4 Limit Break in Final Fantasy VII for the Playstation.
- Nyos: Limnological catastrophe - Latvian research by Nataliya Anatolievna Solodovnik and Anatoliy Borisovich Solodovnik
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