osculation

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English

WOTD – 14 February 2008

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”), from osculor (“I kiss”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɒs.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɒs.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɑs.kjuˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɑs.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

osculation of a circle and a curve C

osculation (countable and uncountable, plural osculations)

  1. The action of kissing
  2. A kiss
  3. A close contact
  4. (mathematics) A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent
  5. (Vedic arithmetic) Determining whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.

Translations

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