osculation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The action of kissing.
A kiss.
A close contact.
A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent.
The determination of whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.

/ˌɒs.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ /ˌɒs.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ /ˌɑs.kjuˈleɪ.ʃən/ /ˌɑs.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ en-us-osculation.ogg

osculation osculations

From Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”), from ōsculor (“to kiss”). By surface analysis, osculate + -ion.

inosculation interosculation oscular osculate osculatory osculum

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