单词 | osculating orbits |
释义 | osculant /osˈkū-lənt/adjective
ORIGIN: L ōsculārī, -ātus to kiss, from ōsculum a little mouth, a kiss, dimin of ōs mouth osˈcular adjective
osˈculāte transitive verb
osculāˈtion noun osˈculatory adjective Of or relating to kissing or osculation nounA carved tablet kissed by the priest and (now rarely) by the people at mass osˈcule noun
osˈculum noun (pl osˈcula)
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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