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Webster 1913 Edition

Osculation

Osˊcu-la′tion

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Noun.
[L.
osculatio
a kissing: cf. F.
osculation
.]
1.
The act of kissing; a kiss.
2.
(Geom.)
The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve.
Brande & C.

Webster 1828 Edition

Osculation

OSCULA'TION

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Noun.
[L. osculatio, a kissing.] In geometry, the contract between any given curve and its osculatory circle, that is, a circle of the same curvature with the given curve.

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