CATASTROPHE

'Catastrophe', from the Greek ''Καταστροφή'' (''katastrephein''), literally means "to turn" (strephein) "downwards" (kata-). It can refer to:

★ A disaster, a horrible event

★ Catastrophe (drama), the climax and resolution of a plot in ancient Greek drama and poems.

★ ''Catastrophe'' (play), a 1982 short play by Samuel Beckett

★ Catastrophe modeling, the projecting of the cost of losses due to a catastrophic event in insurance

★ Catastrophe theory, a field of mathematics that studies how the behaviour of dynamic systems can change drastically with small variations in specific parameters

★ Catastrophe bond, a risk-linked security used to share risks with bond investors

★ ''Catastrophe: A Quest for the Origins of the Modern World'', a book by David Keyes about the Climate changes of 535-536.

★ "Catastrophic" is the term given to any song routine in the Dance Dance Revolution video game series that has a foot rating of nine

★ The Catastrophe, a translation of al-Nakba (Arabic: النكبة), referring to the 1948 Palestinian exodus

★ Catastrophe, Barret Wallace's Level 4 Limit Break in Final Fantasy VII for the Playstation.