(martial arts) Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.

Ellipsis of kata thermometer.. / (in combination) A drop (in temperature).

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

Alternative form of gata (“type of Armenian pastry”)

A relative of grasshoppers and crickets, in the family Tettigoniidae.

A drainage wind / fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Böhmwind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.

(mythology, literature) A mytheme or trope in which the hero embarks on a journey to the underworld. / (by extension, humorous) Any journey downwards or fall. / A retreat, especially a military one.

A town in Greece located in the northwestern Achaea prefecture.

(meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside.

plural of katabasis