Osculatory

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory
        ceremony." --Thackeray.
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     2. (Geom.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an


        osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be
        osculatory with a curve, at a given point.
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     {Osculatory circle}. (Geom.) See {Osculating circle of a
        curve}, under {Circle}.
  
     {Osculatory plane} (to a curve of double curvature), a plane
        which passes through three successive points of the curve.
        
  
     {Osculatory sphere} (to a line of double curvature), a sphere
        passing through four consecutive points of the curve.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, n. [LL. osculatorium. See
     {Osculate}.] (R. C. Ch.)
     Same as {Pax}, 2.
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