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  Caustic \Cau"stic\, n. [L. causticum (sc. medicamentum). See
     Caustic, a.]
     1. 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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     2. (Optics) A caustic curve or caustic surface.
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  Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, 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.
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     2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
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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.
  
     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.
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  Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, 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.
  
     2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
  
     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.

  Caustic \Cau"stic\, n. [L. causticum (sc. medicamentum). See
     Caustic, a.]
     1. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other
        organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by
        chemical action; an escharotic.
  
     2. (Optics) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

  caustic
       adj 1: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
              otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid
              comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies";
              "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes
              about political assassination, talk-show hosts and
              medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation" [syn: acerb,
               acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, sulfurous,
               sulphurous, venomous, virulent, vitriolic]
       2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of
          destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: corrosive,
           erosive, vitriolic]
       n : any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

  caustic
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 καυστικός
     2 (μτφρ) καυστικός (για γλώσσα, σχόλιο κλπ)

  caustic
     Romanian a.
     burning, (l en caustic), corrosive

  caustic
     a.
     1 Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
     2 (lb en of language, etc.) sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and
  sarcastic in a scathing way.
     n.
     1 Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic
  tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an
  escharotic.
     2 (lb en optics computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or
  refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
     3 (lb en mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for
  a given curve.
     4 (lb en informal chemistry) caustic soda.

  caustic
     Romanian a.
     burning, (l en caustic), corrosive

  caustic
     a.
     1 Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
     2 (lb en of language, etc.) sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and
  sarcastic in a scathing way.
     n.
     1 Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic
  tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an
  escharotic.
     2 (lb en optics computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or
  refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
     3 (lb en mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for
  a given curve.
     4 (lb en informal chemistry) caustic soda.

  caustic
     Englanti a.
     1 syövyttävä
     2 (yhteys kuva k=en) pureva, viiltävä, kirvelevän sarkastinen

  caustic
     Engelska a.
     1 kaustik, frätande
     2 (tagg bildligt språk=en) skarpt satirisk
     Engelska n.
     frätmedel

  Caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  الحارق

  caustic //ˈkɒstɪk// //ˈkɔːstɪk// 
  1. разяждащ
  capable of destroying organic tissue
  2. хаплив, язвителен
  severe; satirical; sharp

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
   [eko] žíravina

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  leptavý

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  žíravý

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  žíravina

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  kaustický

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  Ätzmittel , Kaustikum  [med.]
     Synonyms: cautery, cauterant, pyrotic agent, etchant
  

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  Kaustik 
           Note: Optik

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  beißend, bissig, ätzend, scharf, giftig, gallig [selten] , kaustisch  [geh.]  [selten]  [übtr.]
           Note: Äußerung
        "a caustic remark"  - eine scharfe Bemerkung
     Synonyms: biting, cutting, mordant, pungent, stinging, sharp, acid, acidulous, tart, snarky, trenchant, mordacious
  
   see: mordant ridicule
  

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  
  καυστικός, σαρκαστικός

  caustic //ˈkɒstɪk// //ˈkɔːstɪk// 
  1. kaustinen, syövyttävä
  capable of destroying organic tissue
  2. ivallinen, myrkyllinen, pureva
  severe; satirical; sharp

  caustic //ˈkɒstɪk// //ˈkɔːstɪk// 
  1. polttopinta 2.
  envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve
   3.
  envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object
  2. syövyttävä aine
  substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/ 
  1. क्षारक, दाहक
        "Soda can be caustic."
  2. कठोर
        "He made some caustic remarks at her in the party."

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  jedak, oštar, zloban

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  1. csípôs
  2. maró
  3. égetô
  4. epés

  caustic /ˈkɔ:stɪk/ 
   1.  kaustyczny, żrący
   2.  kostyczny, zgryźliwy

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/ 
  cáustico

  caustic /kˈɔːstɪk/
  1. kostik, yakıcı
  2. iğneli, kınayıcı, sert (söz)
  3. optik ışınların kırılması veya eğilmesi sonucunda yakıcı hale gelen
  4. yakıcı madde
  5. ışınların kırılmasına veya eğilmesine sebep olan eğri yüzey. caustic soda (kim) sodyum hidroksit.

  
/ˈkɑstɪk/, /ˈkɔstɪk/

  136 Moby Thesaurus words for "caustic":
     Rabelaisian, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent,
     acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, actual cautery, acute, amaroidal,
     angry, antagonistic, antipathetic, arc, asperous, astringent,
     belligerent, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, bow, brand,
     brand iron, branding iron, brisk, burning, catacaustic, catenary,
     cauter, cauterant, cauterizer, cautery, choleric, circle, clashing,
     coarse, colliding, conchoid, conflicting, corroding, corrosive,
     crisp, critical, crook, curl, curve, cutting, cynical, despiteful,
     destructive, diacaustic, discontented, double-edged, dry, edged,
     electrocautery, ellipse, embittered, escharotic, feeling evil,
     festoon, fierce, full of hate, hard, harsh, hateful, hook, hostile,
     hot iron, hyperbola, incisive, ironic, irritating, keen, lituus,
     lunar caustic, malevolent, malicious, malignant, mordacious,
     mordant, moxa, nose-tickling, out of humor, out of sorts,
     out of temper, parabola, penetrating, piercing, piquant, pithy,
     poignant, potential cautery, pungent, quarrelsome, radium,
     rancorous, rankled, repugnant, resentful, resenting, rigorous,
     rough, salty, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric, scathing, scorching,
     set against, severe, sharp, sinus, sore, sour, spiteful, splenetic,
     stabbing, stewing, stinging, strident, stringent, succinct, tart,
     terse, tracery, trenchant, vehement, venomous, violent, virulent,
     vitriolic, withering
  
  

  n. 腐蚀剂;
  a. 腐蚀性的;

     n. 腐蚀剂
     a. 腐蚀性的