kata

Meanings

Noun

• Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
• , a short programming exercise to improve one's skills through practice and repetition.
• A drop (in temperature).
• Alternative of gata

Adverb

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

Origin

• From Japanese 型.
• In English use since the 1950s.
• Ancient Greek κατά ("downwards"). Compare cata-.