Catastrophe
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A catastrophe is an extremely large-scale disaster
, a horrible event.
It may also refer to:
Disaster
A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment...
, a horrible event.
It may also refer to:
- Catastrophe bondCatastrophe bondCatastrophe bonds are risk-linked securities that transfer a specified set of risks from a sponsor to investors...
, a risk-linked security used to share risks with bond investors - Catastrophe (book)Catastrophe (book)Catastrophe is a 2009 book co-written by American political commentator Dick Morris and his wife Eileen McGann, which spells out hypothetical catastrophic consequences of the Barack Obama administration policies and shows how the Obama administration could be stopped.-Reception:Catastrophe was...
, a non-fiction book by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann - Catastrophe (drama)Catastrophe (drama)In drama, particularly the tragedies of classical antiquity, the catastrophe is the final resolution in a poem or narrative plot, which unravels the intrigue and brings the piece to a close. In comedies, this may be a marriage between main characters; in tragedies, it may be the death of one or...
, the climax and resolution of a plot in ancient Greek drama and poetry - Catastrophe, the main antagonist in The Secret Files of the Spy DogsThe Secret Files of the Spy DogsThe Secret Files of the Spy Dogs is a children's animated series, produced by Saban Entertainment, that aired on Fox Kids from 1998 until it was cancelled in 1999.-Plot:...
- Catastrophe modelingCatastrophe modelingCatastrophe modeling is the process of using computer-assisted calculations to estimate the losses that could be sustained due to a catastrophic event such as a hurricane or earthquake...
, in insurance, projecting of the cost of losses due to a catastrophic event - Catastrophe (play)Catastrophe (play)Catastrophe is a short play by Samuel Beckett, written in French in 1982 at the invitation of A.I.D.A. and “[f]irst produced in the Avignon Festival … Beckett considered it ‘massacred.’” It is one of his few plays to deal with a political theme and, arguably, holds the title of Beckett's most...
, a 1982 short play by Samuel Beckett - Catastrophe theoryCatastrophe theoryIn mathematics, catastrophe theory is a branch of bifurcation theory in the study of dynamical systems; it is also a particular special case of more general singularity theory in geometry....
, a field of mathematics that studies how the behavior of dynamic systems can change drastically with small variations - Microtubular catastrophe, a feature of the cytoskeleton in eukaryotic cells
- Catastrophe (TV series)Catastrophe (TV series)Catastrophe is a five-part British documentary television series telling the story of the catastrophic events that shaped planet Earth. It is presented by Tony Robinson and was first aired on Channel 4 on 24 November 2008. The series producer was Stephen Marsh with researcher Dr Rhodri...
, a five-part science series on Channel 4 - The (Asia Minor) Catastrophe, a Greek name for the Population exchange between Greece and TurkeyPopulation exchange between Greece and TurkeyThe 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey was based upon religious identity, and involved the Greek Orthodox citizens of Turkey and the Muslim citizens of Greece...
- Oxygen catastropheOxygen CatastropheThe Great Oxygenation Event , also called the Oxygen Catastrophe or Oxygen Crisis or Great Oxidation, was the biologically induced appearance of free oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. This major environmental change happened around 2.4 billion years ago.Photosynthesis was producing oxygen both before...
, the biologically induced appearance of free oxygen in Earth's atmosphere - Catastrophic failureCatastrophic failureA catastrophic failure is a sudden and total failure of some system from which recovery is impossible. Catastrophic failures often lead to cascading systems failure....
, complete failure of a system from which recovery is impossible (e.g. a bridge collapses) - Catastrophic, a metal band and side project of ObituaryObituary (band)Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarists Trevor Peres and Ralph...
's guitarist Trevor Peres