caustic
61Caustic pencil — A caustic pencil is a short stick of medication usually containing silver nitrate, used to cauterize skin, for instance for the treatment of nosebleeds, removal of warts, or pyogenic granuloma. They are not used as a treatment for minor cuts. A… …
62Caustic Window — Aphex Twin Aphex Twin Aphex Twin au Traffic festival à Turin en 2005 Alias AFX, Blue Calx, Bradley Strider, Martin Tressider, Caustic Window, Gak, Soit P.P., Po …
63caustic lime — noun a caustic substance produced by heating limestone • Syn: ↑calcium hydroxide, ↑lime, ↑slaked lime, ↑hydrated lime, ↑calcium hydrate, ↑lime hydrate • Derivationally related forms: ↑lime ( …
64caustic soda — noun a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds • Syn: ↑sodium hydroxide • Hypernyms: ↑hydroxide, ↑hydrated oxide, ↑lye * * * noun [noncount] chiefly Brit : ↑lye * * * …
65caustic man — noun or caustic mixer Etymology: caustic (II) : a worker who mixes caustic soda solution for use in cloth finishing or yarn finishing processes …
66Caustic lime — Lime Lime, n. [AS. l[=i]m; akin to D. lijm, G. leim, OHG. l[=i]m, Icel. l[=i]m, Sw. lim, Dan. liim, L. limus mud, linere to smear, and E. loam. [root]126. Cf. {Loam}, {Liniment}.] 1. Birdlime. [1913 Webster] Like the lime That foolish birds are… …
67caustic potash — Potash Pot ash , n. [Pot + ash.] (Chem.) (a) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, {KOH}, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; hence called also {caustic potash}. (b) The impure potassium carbonate obtained …
68Caustic surface — Surface Sur face , n. [F. See {Sur }, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the… …
69Caustic (mathematics) — In differential geometry a caustic is the envelope of rays either reflected or refracted by a manifold. It is related to the optical concept of caustics.The ray s source may be a point (called the radiant) or infinity, in which case a direction… …
70caustic curve — Optics. a curve formed by a plane section of a caustic surface. Also called caustic. [1720 30] * * * …
