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单词 catastrophe theory
释义

catastrophe theory

noun

: mathematical theory and conjecture that uses topology to explain events (such as an earthquake or a stock market crash) characterized by major abrupt changes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Vogel reports that Stanley Ambrose of the University of Illinois, one of the originators of the Toba catastrophe theory, argues that layers of sand above the ash indicates climate change at the Pinnacles site and a decrease in population. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

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