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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 504 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CATARACT (from the
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Lat.
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form cataracta of the Gr. Karapplucrgss, a floodgate, or
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waterfall, properly something which rushes down)  , a downpour of
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water, a
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waterfall . The earliest use in
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English is of a floodgate or
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portcullis, and this survives in the name of a disease of the
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eye (see EYE: Eye Diseases), in which the crystalline
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lens becomes opaque, and forms an apparent grating over the eye . The
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term is also used of a
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device to regulate the strokes in certain types of
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steam-
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engine .

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