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CATACAUSTIC

Definitions: CATACAUSTIC

CATACAUSTIC

Adjective

1. Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.

Noun

1. A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Anagrams: CATACAUSTIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-c-i-s-t-t-u"

-3 letters: staccati.

-4 letters: acacias, astatic, atactic, caustic, tactics, tictacs.

-5 letters: acacia, attics, cactus, casita, static, tactic, tictac.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CATACAUSTIC


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 41 54 41 43 41 55 53 54 49 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    -    .-    -.-.    .-    ..-    ...    -    ..    -.-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01000001 01010100 01000001 01000011 01000001 01010101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#84 &#65 &#67 &#65 &#85 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0041 0054 0041 0043 0041 0055 0053 0054 0049 0043

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3735543537355553544337

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1. Definition
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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