Osculating Circle
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- circle of curvature
- plural
- Osculating Circles
- possessive
- Osculating Circle's
- pluralpossessive
- Osculating Circles'