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diacaustic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diacaustic \Di`a*caus"tic\, a. [Pref. dia- + caustic.] (Opt.) Pertaining to or possessing the properties of a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See {Caustic surface}, under {Caustic}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diacaustic \Di`a*caus"tic\, n. 1. (Med.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery. 2. (Math.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.
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