Definition, synonyms and related words
Any of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
"She asked her grandmother for the secret recipe to make kata, a traditional Armenian pastry served on holidays."
Ellipsis of kata thermometer.
Alternative form of gata (“type of Armenian pastry”)
In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
"As we move forward into the fifth dimension, our shadow doesn't just fall downward on the floor; it casts a kata projection that stretches infinitely below us in ways our three-dimensional eyes cannot perceive."
The word kata comes from the Japanese term for "pattern" or "model." It has been used in English since the 1950s.