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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
,Noun.
Definition 2024
osculation
osculation
English
Noun
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osculation of a circle and a curve C
osculation (plural osculations)
- The action of kissing
- A kiss
- A close contact
- (mathematics) A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent
- (Vedic arithmetic) Determining whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.
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Translations
a contact between curves or surfaces
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