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Definition: Osculatory
Osculatory
\Os"cu*la*to*ry\, n. [LL. osculatorium. See
Osculate.] (R. C. Ch.)
Same as
Pax, 2.
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Osculatory
\Os"cu*la*to*ry\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.
“The osculatory
ceremony.” --Thackeray.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
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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.
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