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Definition of Caustics

Caustic
Caustic Caus"tic, Caustical Caus"tic*al, a. [L. caustucs, Ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.] 1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing. 2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark. Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. Caustic lime. See under Lime. Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions of the same. Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction. Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
Caustic
Caustic Cau"stic, n. [L. causticum (sc. medicamentum). See Caustic, a.] 1. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic. 2. (Optics) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Meaning of Caustics from wikipedia

- graphics, most modern rendering systems support caustics. Some of them even support volumetric caustics. This is accomplished by raytracing the possible...
- called caustic soda Pot****ium hydroxide, sometimes called caustic potash Calcium oxide, sometimes called caustic lime Caustic may also refer to: Caustic (band)...
- Caustic humour is a type of humour which relies on witty insults. As is implied by the name (which literally means humour which is designed to burn or...
- differential geometry, a caustic is the envelope of rays either reflected or refracted by a manifold. It is related to the concept of caustics in geometric optics...
- Spent caustic is a waste industrial caustic solution that has become exhausted and is no longer useful (or spent). Spent caustics are made of sodium hydroxide...
- A caustic pencil (or silver nitrate stick) is a device for applying topical medication containing silver nitrate and pot****ium nitrate, used to chemically...
- Caustic Window (also known as Caustic Window LP) is an album by Richard D. James under the alias Caustic Window. It was originally planned for release...
- Caustic embrittlement is the phenomenon in which the material of a boiler becomes brittle due to the ac****ulation of caustic substances. As water evaporates...
- Cerebral Caustic is the seventeenth full-length studio album by English post-punk group The Fall, released in 1995 on Permanent Records. It spent one...
- Caustic Resin is an American indie rock band from Boise, Idaho consisting of Brett Netson on guitar and vocals, Tom Romich Jr. on b**** guitar, and James...