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noun

Say it like: Kat-a

The correct spelling is kata. Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts. For example: "2010, Kenji Tokitsu, The Katas: The Meaning Behind the Movements."

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2010, Kenji Tokitsu, The Katas: The Meaning Behind the Movements.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
  2. 2.(in combination) A drop (in temperature).
  3. 3.(measuring instrument) A device consisting principally of an alcohol thermometer, used to measure air cooling power and, indirectly, small wind speeds in circulating air, by measuring the time taken for the temperature of the bulb of alcohol to make a specified drop (100° to 95°F).
  4. 4.A kind of pastry in Armenia and some neighboring countries.

adverb

  1. 1.In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.

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