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os⋅cu⋅la⋅tion

  [os-kyuh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of kissing.
2. a kiss.
3. close contact.
4. Geometry. the contact between two osculating curves or the like.
Origin:
1650–60; < L ōsculātiōn- (s. of ōsculātiō) a kissing, equiv. to ōsculāt(us) (see osculate ) + -iōn- -ion
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os·cu·la·tion   (ŏs'kyə-lā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act of kissing.
    2. A kiss.
  2. Mathematics A contact, as between two curves or surfaces, at three or more common points.
os'cu·la·to'ry (ŏs'kyə-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Osculation

Os`cu*la"tion\, n. [L. osculatio a kissing: cf. F. osculation.]

1. The act of kissing; a kiss.

2. (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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