Cataract

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff.

   “The cataracts on the Nile helped to compartment Upper Egypt.”

2. isim A flood of water; specifically, steep rapids in a river.

   “[S]uch a violent ſtorme of raine vnburthened it ſelfe neere this place, and cauſed ſuch a ſudden Deluge and Cattaract, that a Carrauan of tvvo thouſand Camels periſht, and vvere caſt avvay by it.”

3. isim An overwhelming downpour or rush; a flood.

   “His cataract of eloquence”

4. isim A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.
5. isim Synonym of waterspout (“a whirlwind that forms over water”).

   “They ſay furthermore that in certeyne places of the ſea, they ſawe certeyne ſtremes of water which they caule ſpoutes faulynge owt of the ayer into the ſea: […] Sum phantaſie that theſe ſhulde bee the cataractes of heauen whiche were all opened at Noes fludde.”

6. fiil Of a river, etc.: to fall in the form of a waterfall.

   “[N]o river should cataract larger than the Clyde.”

7. fiil To cause (something) to pour or rush like a waterfall.

   “My Poems have been reviewed. The Monthly has cataracted panegyric on me; the Critical cascaded it, and the Analytical dribbled it with civility.”

8. isim Synonym of portcullis (“a gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.”); also, a window grating.

   “Others did fortifie and rampire their Walls, […] assured the Port-culleys, fasten'd the Herses, Sarasinesks and Cataracks, placed their Centries, and doubled their Patrouilee.”

9. isim A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

   “[T]her is a Caratact which doth light vpon the eyes of a Hawke, whome we may tearme a ſuffuſion, a miſchiefe not ſafely remoued, and diuers times impoſſible to be recured, as namely whẽ [when] it is growen too thicke, and ouerlong hath bin ſuffered in the eye, without ſeeking remedie for it: […]”

10. isim Something which obscures.

    “Thoſe filmes vvhich darkened the eye of the mindes, are remoued, thoſe thicke Cataracts of earthly vanities are diſperſed and diſpelled, and a nevv light into a nevv heart infuſed.”

11. isim A tool used for breaking flax; a brake.
12. özel isim A suburb of Wollongong in the Wollondilly council area and the Wollongong council area, New South Wales, Australia.