OSCULATORIES

Noun

osculatories

plural of osculatory

Source: Wiktionary


OSCULATORY

Os"cu*la*to*ry, a.

1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory ceremony." Thackeray.

2. (Geom.)

Definition: Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point. Osculatory circle. (Geom.) See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle.

– Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane which passes through three successive points of the curve.

– Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a sphere passing through four consecutive points of the curve.

Os"cu*la*to*ry, n. Etym: [LL. osculatorium. See Osculate.] (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: Same as Pax, 2.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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