osculation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: osculation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for osculation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
osculation n (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) Synonym(s): kiss, buss, osculation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Osculation \Os`cu*la"tion\, n. [L. osculatio a kissing: cf. F. osculation.] 1. The act of kissing; a kiss. 2. (Geom.) The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve. --Brande & C.