kissing; touching of a curved surface
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Osculation Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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 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.
(n.)
The act of kissing; a kiss.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe act of kissing; a kiss.
osculation
\os`cu*la"tion\ (?), n. [l. osculatio a kissing: cf. f. osculation.]
1. the act of kissing; a kiss.
2. (geom.) 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.
Noun
1. (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
(hypernym) contact
(derivation) osculate
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
2. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
(synonym) kiss, buss
(hypernym) touch, touching
(hyponym) smack, smooch
(derivation) kiss, buss, osculate
Osculation Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In mathematics, contact of order k of functions is an equivalence relation, corresponding to having the same value at a point P and also the same derivatives there, up to order k. The equivalence classes are generally called jets. The point of osculation is also called the double cusp.
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