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Production vs Kata - What's the difference?

production | kata |

As a noun production

is the act of producing, making or creating something.

As an adjective kata is

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production

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of producing, making or creating something.
    • The widget making machine is being used for production now.
  • The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
  • * 1910 , , "The Lost Sanjak", Reginald in Russia :
    • I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
  • the act of being produced
    • The widgets are coming out of production now.
  • the total amount produced
    • They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
  • the presentation of a theatrical work
    • We went to a production of Hamlet.
  • an occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary
    • He made a simple meal into a huge production .
  • that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model)
    • This is the final production model.
  • The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

    • Derived terms

    * production line

    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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