cataract
Cataract or Katarrhakt ( lat. Cataracta from gr. Καταρράκτης katarrháktēs "waterfall" or Attic καταρρήγνυσθαι katarrhégnysthai "fall down") refers to:
- waterfall
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Rapids
- Rapids in the Nile, especially cataracts 1 through 6; see Nile # cataracts on the middle reaches
- Cataract (medicine) , cataracts (clouding of the lens of the eye)
- Cataract (technology) , a control device on steam engines
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Wiktionary: cataract - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
