osculation

os·cu·la·tion

noun

a. The act of kissing.
b. A kiss.
Mathematics A contact, as between two curves or surfaces, at three or more common points.

Related Forms:

os′cu·la·to′ry
adjective

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Noun

(plural osculations)

The action of kissing
A kiss
A close contact
(mathematics) A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent
(Vedic arithmetic) Determining whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.

Origin

From Latin ÅsculÄtiÅ (“a kissing"), from osculor (“I kiss").

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