"caustic curve" meaning in English

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          "text": "Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction."
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        "A curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane."
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        "(optics) A curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane."
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        "(optics) A curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane."
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