(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:38:37

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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