osculate

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To kiss someone or something
To perform osculation
To make contact
To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact
to kiss
To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact
See Osculation, 2
{f} kiss; touch a curved surface
To touch closely
have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
To kiss one another; to kiss
be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"
To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate
have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate" be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc ; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"
be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate
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Having three or more points coincident with another
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Present participle of osculate
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The action of kissing
osculation
A close contact
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Determining whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits
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{n} the act of kissing, a close contract
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{i} kissing; touching of a curved surface
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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
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The act of kissing; a kiss
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A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent
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A kiss
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(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
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the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
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    Hyphenation

    os·cu·late

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'äs-ky&-"lAt ] (transitive verb.) circa 1656. Latin osculatus, past participle of osculari, from osculum kiss, from diminutive of os mouth; more at ORAL.
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