CATABIOTIC
Cat`a*bi*ot"ic, a.
Defn: Aee under Force.
CATACAUSTIC
Cat`a*caus"tic, a. Etym: [Pref. cata + caustic.] (Physics)
Defn: Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a. Nichol.
CATACAUSTIC
Cat`a*caus"tic, n. (Physics)
Defn: A caustic curve formed by reflection of light. Nichol.
CATACHRESIS
Cat`a*chre"sis, n. Etym: [L. fr. Gr. (Rhel.)
Defn: A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles. " Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.
CATACHRESTIC; CATACHRESTICAL
Cat`a*chres"tic, Cat"a*chres"tic*al, a.
Defn: Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from
its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched.
— Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly, adv.
[A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. Jer. Taylor.