Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DIACAUSTIC
Etymology
Adjective
diacaustic (not comparable)
Relating to the caustic curves formed by the refraction of light.
Noun
diacaustic (plural diacaustics)
A refracting lens, which can be used to cauterise.
The curve or surface formed by the intersection of refracted light rays.
Source: Wiktionary
Di`a*caus"tic, a. Etym: [Pref. dia- + caustic.] (Opt.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.
Di`a*caus"tic, n.
1. (Med.)
Definition: 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.
2. (Math.)
Definition: A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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