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from The Century Dictionary.
- In geometry, belonging to caustic curves formed by reflection.
- noun In optics, a caustic curve formed by the reflection of the rays of light: so called to distinguish it from the diacaustic, which is formed by refracted rays. See
caustic , n., 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physics) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See
caustic , a. - noun (Physics) A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
caustic curve formed bylight reflecting from acurved surface - noun mathematics the
envelope of allrays thatemanate from a specifiedpoint (the radiant point) andreflect from a givencurve ; theevolute of theorthotomic
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You know the ordinary nephroid as the reflected catacaustic of a circle, the involute of Caley’s sextic, and a generally good-natured two-cusped epicycloid.
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