Osculation
nounid
100142·updated May 18, 2026verified
(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
polysemous
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- kiss
- plural
- Osculations
- possessive
- Osculation's
- pluralpossessive
- Osculations'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of caressing with the lips or an instance thereof
- §2
- (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
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