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单词 osculating orbits
释义

osculant /osˈkū-lənt/

adjective
  1. Kissing
  2. Adhering closely
  3. Intermediate between two genera, species, etc, linking (biology)
ORIGIN: L ōsculārī, -ātus to kiss, from ōsculum a little mouth, a kiss, dimin of ōs mouth

osˈcular adjective

  1. Relating to the mouth or osculum, or to kissing
  2. Osculating

osˈculāte transitive verb

  1. To kiss
  2. To have three or more coincident points in common with (mathematics)
intransitive verb
  1. To be in close contact
  2. To form a connecting link

osculāˈtion noun

osˈculatory adjective

Of or relating to kissing or osculation

noun

A carved tablet kissed by the priest and (now rarely) by the people at mass

osˈcule noun

  1. A little mouth
  2. A small mouthlike aperture

osˈculum noun (pl osˈcula)

  1. An exhalant aperture in a sponge
  2. A sucker on a tapeworm's head

osculating orbit noun (astronomy)

An ellipse whose elements represent the actual position and velocity of a comet at a given moment (the epoch of osculation)

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