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osculate
[os-kyuh-leyt]
verb (used without object)
to come into close contact or union.
Geometry.(of a curve) to touch another curve or another part of the same curve so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact.
verb (used with object)
to bring into close contact or union.
Geometry.(of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation or close contact.
to kiss.
osculate
/ ˈɒʊˌɪ /
verb
humorousto kiss
(intr) (of an organism or group of organisms) to be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
geometry to touch in osculation
Other 51Թ Forms
- osculatory adjective
- unosculated adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of osculate1
Example Sentences
She felt fortunate that Roman Catholic weddings don’t require the couple to “osculate,” a fancy word for kiss.
The depictions of make-out sessions, with actors seeming to osculate the lens, offer a clinical perspective.
It gleams and sparkles in the sunlight and invites lovers to enter and osculate.
In superconducting metals, atoms are aligned in such a way that their orbits tangentially osculate each other, thus allowing electrons to pass smoothly from one atom’s orbit to the next.
When a point of such a curve is given, the osculating plane is determined, hence all the curves through a given point with the same tangent have the same torsion.
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