English

Noun
caustic surface (plural caustic surfaces)

1. 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.

See also
caustic
caustic curve
focus

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