DIACAUSTIC


Meaning of DIACAUSTIC in English

/duy"euh kaw"stik/ , Math., Optics.

adj.

1. noting a caustic surface or curve formed by the refraction of light.

n.

2. a diacaustic surface or curve. Cf. catacaustic .

[ 1695-1705; DIA- + CAUSTIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .