Definition of Diacaustic
1. a. Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.
2. n. 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.
Medical Definition of Diacaustic
1.
Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.
Origin: Pref. Dia- + caustic.
1. 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.
2. A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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