"catacaustic" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: catacaustics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːstɪk Etymology: From cata- + caustic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|cata|caustic}} cata- + caustic Head templates: {{en-noun}} catacaustic (plural catacaustics)
  1. a caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface
    Sense id: en-catacaustic-en-noun--ZyKBQ~e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cata-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cata-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  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 Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-catacaustic-en-noun-yjYgGrn5 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with cata- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cata-: 55 45 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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      "word": "ellipse catacaustic"
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    {
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