English-Thai Dictionary

osculate

VI สัมผัส ใกล้ชิด  sam-pad-kai-chid

 

osculate

VT สัมผัส ใกล้ชิด  sam-pad-kai-chid

 

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.

 

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

OSCULANT

Os "cu *lant, a. Etym: [L. osculans, -antis, p. pr. of osculari to kiss. See Osculate. ]

 

1. Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.

 

3. (Biol.)

 

Defn: Intermediate in character, or on the border, between two genera, groups, families, etc. , of animals or plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each, thus forming a connecting link; interosculant; as, the genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera.

 

OSCULATE

Os "cu *late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Osculated; p. pr. & vb. n.Osculating.] Etym: [L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Oscillate. ]

 

1. To kiss.

 

2. (Geom.)

 

Defn: To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.

 

OSCULATE

OSCULATE Os "cu *late, v. i.

 

1. To kiss one another; to kiss.

 

2. (Geom.)

 

Defn: To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.

 

3. (Biol.)

 

Defn: To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.

 

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.

 

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.

 

OSCULATRIX

Os `cu *la "trix, n.; pl. Osculatrixes. Etym: [NL. ] (Geom.)

 

Defn: A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point, is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point ) than that of any other curve of the same kind.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

oscula

os cu la |ˈäskyələ ˈɑskjələ | plural form of osculum.

 

oscular

os cu lar |ˈäskyələr ˈɑskjələr | ▶adjective 1 humorous of or relating to kissing. 2 Zoology of or relating to an osculum. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin osculum ‘mouth, kiss ’ (diminutive of os ‘mouth ’) + -ar 1 .

 

osculate

os cu late |ˈäskyəˌlāt ˈɑskjəleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 Mathematics (of a curve or surface ) touch (another curve or surface ) so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact: (as adj. osculating ) : the plots have been drawn using osculating orbital elements. 2 formal or humorous kiss. DERIVATIVES os cu lant |-lənt |adjective, os cu la tion |ˌäskyəˈlāSHən |noun, os cu la to ry |-ləˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin osculat- ‘kissed, ’ from the verb osculari, from osculum ‘little mouth or kiss. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

oscula

os ¦cula |ˈɒskjʊlə (r )| plural form of osculum.

 

oscular

oscular |ˈɒskjʊlə | ▶adjective 1 humorous relating to kissing. 2 Zoology relating to an osculum. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin osculum ‘mouth, kiss ’ (diminutive of os ‘mouth ’) + -ar 1 .

 

osculate

osculate |ˈɒskjʊleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 Mathematics (of a curve or surface ) touch (another curve or surface ) so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact. 2 formal or humorous kiss. DERIVATIVES osculant adjective, osculation noun, osculatory |ˈɒskjʊlət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin osculat- ‘kissed ’, from the verb osculari, from osculum ‘little mouth or kiss ’.