[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

caustic \caus"tic\, caustical \caus"tical\, a. l. caustucs,
   ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. cf. calm, ink.
   1. capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating
      away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
      searing.
      1913 webster

   2. severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
      1913 webster

   caustic curve 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.

   caustic lime. see under lime.

   caustic potash, caustic soda chem., the solid
      hydroxides potash, koh, and soda, naoh, or solutions
      of the same.

   caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.

   caustic surface optics, a surface to which rays reflected
      or refracted by another surface are tangents. caustic
      curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by
      reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.

   syn: stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
        1913 webster
see also:
calm ink caustic curve caustic lime lime caustic potash 
caustic soda koh naoh caustic silver caustic surface 

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