单词 | osculation |
释义 | osculation[ os-kyuh-ley-shuhn ] / ˌɒs kyəˈleɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR osculation ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe act of kissing. a kiss. close contact. Geometry. the contact between two osculating curves or the like. Origin of osculation1650–60; <Latin ōsculātiōn- (stem of ōsculātiō) a kissing, equivalent to ōsculāt(us) (see osculate) + -iōn--ion WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH osculationauscultation, osculationWords nearby osculationosculant, oscular, osculate, osculating circle, osculating plane, osculation, osculum, OSD, -ose, Osee, Ösel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for osculationBritish Dictionary definitions for osculationosculation / (ˌɒskjʊˈleɪʃən) / nounAlso called: tacnode maths a point at which two branches of a curve have a common tangent, each branch extending in both directions of the tangent rare the act or an instance of kissing Derived forms of osculationosculatory (ˈɒskjʊlətərɪ, -trɪ), adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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