Part 1694

<hw><hw>Cat`a*chres"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cat"a*chres"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote> <b>catachrestical</b> and improper way of speaking. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cataclysm</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"a*clysm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cataclysmos</ets>, Gr. <?/, from <?/ to dash over, inundate; <?/ downward, against + <?/ to wash or dash or over: cf. F. <ets>cataclysme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.</def>

<h1>Cataclysmal, Cataclysmic</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw><hw>Cat`a*clys"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cat"a*clys"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.</def>

<h1>Cataclysmist</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`a*clys"mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.</def>

<h1>Catacomb</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"a*comb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>catacomba</ets>, fr. L. <ets>catacumba</ets> perh. from Gr. <?/ downward, down + <?/ cavity.]</ety> <def>A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.</def>

<note>&hand; The terms is supposed to have been applied originally to the tombs under the church of St. Sebastain in Rome. The most celebrated catacombs are those near Rome, on the Appian Way, supposed to have been the place or refuge and interment of the early Chrictians; those of Egypt, extending for a wide distance in the vicinity of Cairo; and those of Paris, in abandoned stone quarries, excavated under a large portion of the city.</note>

<h1>Catacoustic</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`a*cous"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>cata</ets> _ <ets>acoustics</ets>: cf. F. <ets>caraconstique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See <er>Acoustics</er>.</def>

<i>Hutton.</i>

<h1>Catadioptric, Catadioptrical</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw><hw>Cat`a*di*op"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cat`a*di*op"tric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>cata + dioptric</ets>: cf. F. <ets>catadioptrique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; <as>as, a <ex>catadioptric</ex> light</as>.</def>

<i>Hutton.</i>

<h1>Catadioptrics</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat`a*di*op"trics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.</def>

<h1>Catadrome</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Cat"a*drome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ race course; <?/ down + <?/ course.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A race course.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.</def>

<h1>Catadromous</h1> <Xpage=225>

<hw>Ca*tad"ro*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ down + <?/ a running.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to <i>anadromous</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to <i>anadromous</i>, and of the eel.</def>

<h1>Catafalco</h1> <Xpage=225>