caustic : Idioms & Phrases
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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.
Webster 1913
Caustic lime
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noun a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
calcium hydroxide; calcium hydrate; slaked lime; hydrated lime; lime hydrate; lime.
WordNet
- . See under
Lime .
Webster 1913
caustic potash
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noun a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
potash; potassium hydroxide.
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Caustic potash , Caustic soda
(Chem.) , the solid hydroxides potash,KOH , and soda,NaOH , or solutions of the same.
Webster 1913
caustic remark
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noun witty language used to convey insults or scorn
sarcasm; irony; satire.
- he used sarcasm to upset his opponent
- irony is wasted on the stupid
- Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
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Caustic silver
- nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.
Webster 1913
caustic soda
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noun a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds
sodium hydroxide.
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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.
Webster 1913
Lunar caustic
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noun silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic
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(Med. Chem.) , silver nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; so named because silver was called luna by the ancient alchemists.