Thesaurus: osculatory

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1. a. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.
2. a. 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.
3. n. Same as Pax, 2.
4. 1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory ceremony." Thackeray. 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. 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. Same as Pax, 2.
5. 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 ofa curve, under Circle.-- Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane whichpasses through three successive points of the curve.-- Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a spherepassing through four consecutive points of the curve.
6. a. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. a. 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. n. Same as Pax, 2.