osculation
osculation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abut
- abutment
- abuttal
- abutter
- adhere
- adhesion
- adjoin
- apposition
- appulse
- cause
- close
- coexist
- coexistence
- coincide
- coincidence
- come
- contact
- conterminous
- contiguity
- contiguous
- end
- frontier
- graze
- hand
- interval
- join
- juxtapose
- juxtaposition
- limit
- link
- march
- meet
- meeting
- near
- osculate
- osculatory
- proximity
- rencontre
- rencounter
- syzygy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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