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catacaustic
[ kat-uh-kaw-stik ]
noun
- a catacaustic surface or curve.
catacaustic
/ 藢k忙t蓹藞k蓴藧st瑟k; -藞k蓲s- /
adjective
- (of a caustic curve or surface) formed by reflected light rays Compare diacaustic
noun
- a catacaustic curve or surface
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of catacaustic1
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We have in like manner, as derivatives of a given curve, the caustic, catacaustic or diacaustic as the case may be, and the secondary caustic, or curve cutting at right angles the reflected or refracted rays.
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In optics, the term caustic is given to the envelope of luminous rays after reflection or refraction; in the first case the envelope is termed a catacaustic, in the second a diacaustic.
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