osculating

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Having three or more points coincident with another
Present participle of osculate
osculating circle
The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve
osculating orbit
The orbit that an astronomical body such as a planet, asteroid, comet or satellite would follow if suddenly all perturbing forces other than the gravitational attraction of the Sun or (for a satellite) its planet were to disappear
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To kiss someone or something
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To perform osculation
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To make contact
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To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact
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See Osculation, 2
osculate
{f} kiss; touch a curved surface
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To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact
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To touch closely
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To kiss
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have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
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To kiss one another; to kiss
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be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"
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To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate
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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
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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"
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be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate
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