"catacaustic" meaning in All languages combined

See catacaustic on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkætəˈkɔːstɪk/ [UK], /ˌkætəˈkɒstɪk/ [UK], /ˌkætəˈkɑstɪk/ [General-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-catacaustic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: catacaustics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːstɪk Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) English cata- English caustic English catacaustic From cata- + caustic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cata-|caustic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) English cata- English caustic English catacaustic [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*ḱm̥-th₂", "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "here", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱe", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱóm", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kətá", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κᾰτᾰ́", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κᾰτᾰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cata-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "caustic", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "catacaustic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="catacaustic"> From cata- + caustic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} catacaustic (plural catacaustics)
  1. a caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface
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  2. (mathematics) the envelope of all rays that emanate from a specified point (the radiant point) and reflect from a given curve; the evolute of the orthotomic
    Sense id: en-catacaustic-en-noun-yjYgGrn5 Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cardioid catacaustic, circle catacaustic, cissoid of Diocles catacaustic, cycloid catacaustic, deltoid catacaustic, ellipse catacaustic, logarithmic spiral catacaustic, natural logarithm catacaustic, parabola catacaustic, Tschirnhausen cubic catacaustic

Inflected forms

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