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Osculation

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
kiss
plural
Osculations
possessive
Osculation's
pluralpossessive
Osculations'