Meaning of OSCULATION
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- [n] the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
- [n] (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
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| Synonyms: | | buss, kiss |
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| See Also: | | contact, deep kiss, French kiss, smack, smooch, soul kiss, touch, touching | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Os`cu*la"tion\, n. [L. osculatio a kissing: cf. F.
osculation.]
1. The act of kissing; a kiss.
2. (Geom.) 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.
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