Caustic-curve
a curve formed by a plane section of a caustic surface.
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the surface to which all light rays emanating from a single point and reflected by a curved surface, as a concave mirror, are tangent.
- Caustically
capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue. severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark. a caustic substance. Optics. caustic curve. caustic surface. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples adjective capable of burning or corroding by chemical action: caustic soda sarcastic; cutting: a caustic reply of, relating to, or denoting light that is reflected or refracted by […]