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The correct spelling is caustics.
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noun
Say it like: Cau-sti-cs
The correct spelling is caustics. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
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Definition
noun
- 1.Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
- 2.The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
- 3.The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
- 4.Caustic soda.
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