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Meaning of 'diacaustic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Diacaustic [ a.]
- Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.
2 . Diacaustic [ 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.
- A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.

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