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Webster 1913 Edition

Osculation

Osˊcu-la′tion

,
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.

Definition 2024

osculation

osculation

English

Noun

osculation of a circle and a curve C

osculation ‎(plural osculations)

  1. The action of kissing
  2. A kiss
  3. A close contact
  4. (mathematics) A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent
  5. (Vedic arithmetic) Determining whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.

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Etymology

From Latin ōsculātiō ‎(“a kissing”), from osculor ‎(“I kiss”).

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