What does "osculate" mean?
Osculate: (Geom.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
Additional senses
- 2.To kiss one another; to kiss.
- 3.(Geom.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
- 4.(Biol.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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