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What is the difference between ana and kata?

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Kata is a antonym of ana.



As nouns the difference between ana and kata

is that ana is a collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table while kata is a sequence of positions and movements used in the practice of many martial arts.

As adverbs the difference between ana and kata

is that ana is (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or contracted to aa), / ij. (that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces) while kata is in a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.

As an initialism ANA

is All Nippon Airways

ana

English

Etymology 1

Formed from the (etyl) suffix (-ana); compare ism (from ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
  • * 1803 , publisher's advertisement in Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Robinson , Page 8
    • The FRENCH ANAS', or Selections from the best of the French ' Anas , interspersed with biographical sketches. In three elegant Volumes, small 8vo. price 15s. boards
  • * 1903', , Franklin B. Sawvel (editor), ''The complete '''anas of Thomas Jefferson , Round Table Press, New York
  • * 2008 , Kevin J. Hayes, The road to Monticello: The life and mind of Thomas Jefferson ,
    • Jefferson was aware of the literary tradition of anas , which extended back at least as far as Athenaeus's Dipnosophistarum , a delightful collection of table talk from ancient times covering a variety of subjects including law, literature, medicine, and philosophy.

    Etymology 2

    From Greek (aná), of each .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (in prescriptions ) Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or contracted to aa), / ij. (that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces).

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).
    • Derived terms
    * pro-ana

    Etymology 4

    (etyl); see (ana-).

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
  • * 1985 , Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
    • Your right half would move ana , let us say, and your left half would move kata. The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
  • * 2005 , Animation journal (volumes 13-15)
    • Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
    Antonyms
    * kata

    Anagrams

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    kata

    English

    (wikipedia kata)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . In English use since the 1950s.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (martial arts) A sequence of positions and movements used in the practice of many martial arts.
  • * 1979 , Masatoshi Nakayama, Best Karate: Heian, Tekki , page 12,
    • About fifty kata , or "formal exercises," are practiced at the present time, some having been passed down from generation to generation, others having been developed fairly recently.
  • * 2006 , Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman, Karate in Action , page 22,
    • Katas' are a series of motions, such as punches, strikes, and kicks, arranged in a specific pattern. The pattern allows the motions to flow into one another. A student must learn a new ' kata to advance to each new belt level.
  • * 2009 , Thomas W. Hanlon, The Sports Rules Book , , page 161,
    • When the competitor's name is called, she stands on the designated line, bows to the panel of judges, and announces the name of the kata' she will perform.She then performs the '''kata'''. When she is finished, her opponent performs her '''kata'''. At the end of the second ' kata , both return to the mat area to await the decision of the judging panel.
  • * 2010', Kenji Tokitsu, ''The '''Katas : The Meaning Behind the Movements .

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in combination) A drop (in temperature).
    • kata thermometer; kata factor

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a direction analogous to down, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
  • * 1985 , Rudy von Bitter Rucker, The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes (page 43)
    • Your right half would move ana, let us say, and your left half would move kata . The two halves would, in their parallel spaces, move past the plane of rotation, and then they would swing back into our space.
  • * 2005 , Animation journal (volumes 13-15)
    • Added to the conventional FPS control keys are two extra keys that move the player in ana and kata direction in 4d space. If you go in this extra direction the space around you changes, the room transforms.
    Antonyms
    * ana

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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