Associations to the word «Caustic»

CAUSTIC, adjective. Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.

CAUSTIC, adjective. (of language etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.

CAUSTIC, noun. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

CAUSTIC, noun. (optics) (computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.

CAUSTIC, noun. (mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.

CAUSTIC, noun. (informal) (chemistry) caustic soda

CAUSTIC CURVE, noun. (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 CURVES, noun. Plural of caustic curve

CAUSTIC PENCIL, noun. A device for applying topical medication containing silver nitrate and potassium nitrate, used for chemical cauterization of the skin.

CAUSTIC PENCILS, noun. Plural of caustic pencil

CAUSTIC POTASH, noun. (dated) Potassium hydroxide.

CAUSTIC SODA, noun. Common name for sodium hydroxide (NaOH), a strong alkaline substance used in the manufacture of paint and detergents, or as a drain cleaner.

CAUSTIC SODAS, noun. Plural of caustic soda

CAUSTIC SULPHITE CARAMEL, noun. A material manufactured by heating sugars with a sulphite and, normally, caustic soda.

CAUSTIC SURFACE, noun. (optics) A surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents.

CAUSTIC SURFACES, noun. Plural of caustic surface

CAUSTIC, noun. Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue.

CAUSTIC, adjective. 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"; "a vitriolic critique".

CAUSTIC, adjective. Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.