Osculate Definition

ŏskyə-lāt
osculated, osculates, osculating
verb
osculating
To kiss.
Webster's New World
To have three or more points coincident with.
American Heritage
To come together; contact.
American Heritage

(mathematics) To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact.

Wiktionary

(Vedic arithmetic) To perform osculation.

Wiktionary

Origin of Osculate

  • Latin ōsculārī ōsculāt- from ōsculum kiss diminutive of ōs mouth ōs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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