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diacaustic
1. Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction.
2. A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.
3. 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.
This entry is located in the following units: caust-, caus-, caut-, cauter-, cau- + (page 2) dia-, di- (page 2)