Webster's 1828 Dictionary
OSCULATORY
a.An osculatory circle, in geometry, is a circle having the same curvature with any curve at any given point.
OSCULATORY
n.In church history, a tablet or board, with the picture of Christ or the virgin, etc. which is kissed by the priest and then delivered to the people for the same purpose.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OSCULATORY
OSCULATORY Os "cu *la *to *ry, a.
1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory ceremony. " Thackeray.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: 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.
OSCULATORY
Os "cu *la *to *ry, n. Etym: [LL. osculatorium. See Osculate. ] (R. C.Ch. )
Defn: Same as Pax, 2.
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