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Word: Osculate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Latin osculat- ‘kissed’, from the verb osculari, from osculum ‘little mouth or kiss’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɒskjʊleɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a curve or surface) touch (another curve or surface) so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact
Short Definition:(of curve or surface) touch another curve or surface so as to have common tangent at point of contact
Examples:- the plots have been drawn using osculating orbital elements
Definition:
kiss.
Short Definition:kiss
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