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Tekoälykääntäjä

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈkætəɹækt/
  • GA:
    • IPA: /ˈkætəˌɹæk(t)/
KieliKäännökset
bulgariaводопад (vodopád), проливен дъжд, потоп, перде
espanjacatarata
hollantistortvloed, cataract, grijze staar
italiacateratta, cataratta
japani瀑布 (bakufu), 激流 (gekiryū), 白内障 (hakunaishō), はくないしょう (hakunaishiョu / hakunaishō)
kreikkaκαταρράκτης (katarráktis / kataráktis)
portugalicatarata
puolakatarakta
ranskacataracte
ruotsikatarakt
saksaKatarakt, Star
suomivesiputous, harmaakaihi, kaihi
turkkikatarakt
tšekkikatarakt, stupňovaný vodopád, šedý zákal, katarakta, oční zákal
unkarihályog
venäjäводопад (vodopad), ливень (liven), потоп (potop), проливной дождь (prolivnoi dožd), катаракта (katarakta)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff.
  2. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of portcullis (“a gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.”); also, a window grating.
  3. (by extension) A flood of water; specifically, steep rapids in a river.
  4. (figurative) An overwhelming downpour or rush; a flood.
  5. (ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.
  6. (mechanics, chiefly historical) A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.
  7. (figurative) Something which obscures.
  8. (obsolete, also, figurative) Synonym of waterspout (“a whirlwind that forms over water”).
  9. (obsolete, textiles) A tool used for breaking flax; a brake.

Verbi

  1. (intransitive) Of a river, etc.: to fall in the form of a waterfall.
  2. (transitive, figurative, rare) To cause (something) to pour or rush like a waterfall.

Esimerkit

  • The cataracts on the Nile helped compartiment Upper Egypt
  • His cataract of eloquence
  • Rarely, a dense, swollen neglected cataract precipitates an angle-closure glaucoma.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkocataracts

Luokat


(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

Magnified view of a cataract seen on examination with a slit lamp

(mechanics, chiefly historical) A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.

Valve gear of the 1846 Grand Junction engine at Kew Bridge; in the background is the cataract.

(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

Image with simulated cataract