[os-kyuh-leyt] 
verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.| 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. |
| os·cu·late (ŏs'kyə-lāt') v. os·cu·lat·ed, os·cu·lat·ing, os·cu·lates v. tr.
To come together; contact. [Latin ōsculārī, ōsculāt-, from ōsculum, kiss, diminutive of ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots.] |
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