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os·cu·late 
[os-kyuh-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
[os-kyuh-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing. –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to come into close contact or union. |
| 2. | Geometry. (of a curve) to touch another curve or another part of the same curve so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact. |
| 3. | to bring into close contact or union. |
| 4. | Geometry. (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation. |
| 5. | to kiss. |
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| os·cu·late
(ŏs'kyə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
v. os·cu·lat·ed, os·cu·lat·ing, os·cu·lates v. tr.
v. intr. To come together; contact. [Latin ōsculārī, ōsculāt-, from ōsculum, kiss, diminutive of ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots.] |
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