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kata¹

  • /ˈkætə/

Rhymes with -ætə

Where it comes from

From Japanese 型 (literally “pattern, model”).

In English use since the 1950s.

noun katas · kata

  1. Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts. judo kata
  2. broadly A short programming exercise to improve one's skills through practice and repetition. These kata will give you the C# syntax for inheritance.

    Similar: code kata

kata²

  • /ˈkætə/

Rhymes with -ætə

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”). Compare cata-.

noun katas

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of kata thermometer
  2. in compounds A drop (in temperature). kata factor

adverb more kata · most kata

  1. In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension. Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.

    Opposite: ana

kata³

  • /ˈkætə/

Rhymes with -ætə

noun katas

  1. alternative Alternative form of gata (“type of Armenian pastry”).

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@misc{kata_2026,
  title = {kata},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kata},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}