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noun

Diacaustic n.

(Med.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery.

(Math.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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