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osculation

N การ จูบ  การสัมผัส ของ เส้นโค้ง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OSCULATION

n.[L. osculatio, a kissing. ] In geometry, the contract between any given curve and its osculatory circle, that is, a circle of the same curvature with the given curve.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OSCULATION

Os `cu *la "tion, n. Etym: [L. osculatio a kissing: cf. F. osculation. ]

 

1. The act of kissing; a kiss.

 

2. (Geom.)

 

Defn: 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.