osculation

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The action of kissing
A close contact
Determining whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits
A kiss
A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent
{n} the act of kissing, a close contract
{i} kissing; touching of a curved surface
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
The act of kissing; a kiss
(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
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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
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{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
osculations
plural of osculation
osculation

    Hyphenation

    os·cu·la·tion

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”) from osculor (“I kiss”).
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