caustic surface

noun

A surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents.

“Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.”

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Meanings

nouncaustic surface (plural caustic surfaces)

plural caustic surfaces

  1. engineeringA surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents.

    Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.

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