Usually means: Failure of classical physics, radiation.
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  1. ultraviolet catastrophe: Wiktionary
  2. The Ultraviolet Catastrophe, Ultraviolet Catastrophe, Ultraviolet catastrophe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Ultraviolet Catastrophe: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Ultraviolet Catastrophe: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (ultraviolet catastrophe)

noun:  (physics) A fault in classical physics, from the Rayleigh's law/Rayleigh-Jeans law outcomes at short wavelengths/high frequencies, that causes infinite amplification of shorter wavelength/higher frequency radiation inside a cavity, due to the application of equipartition theorem on black body radiation within a cavity.

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