Новый большой англо-русский словарь - catastrophe
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catastrophe
1. катастрофа; бедствие; несчастье; беда nuclear catastrophe —- ядерная катастрофа 2. гибель; трагический исход 3. геол. катаклизм 4. переворот; крутой перелом 5. книж. развязка 6. мат. катастрофа, разрыв непрерывности catastrophe theory —- теория катастроф
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noun 1) катастрофа; гибель; несчастье 2) развязка (в драме) 3) geol. катастрофа Syn: calamity, cataclysm, debacle, disaster Ant: benefit, blessing, boon, comfort, success ...Англо-русский словарь
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катастрофа; гибель - butterfly catastrophe - compact catastrophe - constraint catastrophe - cusp catastrophe - dual catastrophe - elementary catastrophe - generalized catastrophe - stable catastrophe - swallowtail catastrophe - umbilic catastrophe ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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n. 1 a great and usu. sudden disaster. 2 the denouement of a drama. 3 a disastrous end; ruin. 4 an event producing a subversion of the order of things. Derivatives catastrophic adj. catastrophically adv. Etymology: L catastropha f. Gk katastrophe (as CATA-, strophe turning f. strepho turn) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Greek katastrophe, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata- + strephein to turn Date: 1540 1. the final event of the dramatic action especially of a tragedy 2. a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin 3. a. a violent and sudden change in a feature of the earth b. a violent usually destructive natural event (as a supernova) 4. utter failure ; fiasco the party was a ~ • catastrophic adjective • catastrophically adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(catastrophes) A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe... = disaster N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction or many people are injured or die (the catastrophe of a worldwide conflict | The oil spill threatens an unparalleled ecological catastrophe.) 2 an event or situation which is extremely bad for the people involved (If the contract is cancelled, it'll be a catastrophe for everyone concerned. | It's a minor catastrophe, isn't it? Plymouth losing?) - catastrophic adj (a catastrophic fall in the price of rice) - catastrophically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1540, "reversal of what is expected" (especially a fatal turning point in a drama), from Gk. katastrephein "to overturn," from kata "down" + strephein "turn." Extension to "sudden disaster" is first recorded 1748. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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