cataract
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈkætəˌrækt/
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catarata
- The fine spray from the rushing cataract cooled the air as we stood nearby.
- cataracts pouring
- rushing cataracts
- boat through the cataracts
One comes forth as a fire, another comes forth as a cataract of water, and other turns into hills.
- One comes forth as a fire, another comes forth as a cataract of water, and other turns into hills.
- There's this one little place up in Laurel Canyon and Fryman Canyon where I hike where there's like a little cataract, a little waterfall.
Examples
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There's this one little place up in Laurel Canyon and Fryman Canyon where I hike where there's like a little cataract, a little waterfall.
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From here we went to Matadi, the final seaport below the great cataracts of the Congo River.
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One comes forth as a fire, another comes forth as a cataract of water, and other turns into hills.
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Rivers and cataracts flow and bubble.
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From here we went to Matadi, the final seaport below the great cataracts of the Congo River.
Academic text (1990) -
The only thing that moved was the water over the artful cataracts and the branches of the oaks and linden trees.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Next, Cloud-Rising led him to a great waterfall, a roaring cataract so high that Yellow-Mane could not glimpse the source of it."
Fiction book (1995) -
Rocky's only crossed a dinky grass field, but Judy is crossing the crashing cataracts of Niagara!
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We glide by a cataract and into a world of small islands and channels fringed with reeds.
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- Specialized
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3.7
An operation to remove the cloudy lens of the eye and replace it with an artificial lens to restore vision
A deep scenic canyon in southeastern Utah carved by the Colorado River with strong rapids
- Specialized
A clouding of the outer part of the lens of the eye that makes vision blurry
- Specialized
A cloudy area in the middle of the eye's lens that makes vision blurry
- Specialized
A cloudy area at the back of the eye lens that makes reading and seeing in bright light difficult
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Etymology
Cataract comes from the old word cataracta, which meant a strong 'waterfall' or 'to rush down', describing water falling with great force. That's why cataract still means a large, powerful waterfall.