interosculationn.
/ˌɪntərɒskjuːˈleɪʃən/ The action or fact of interosculating.
a. Interpenetration of two things or sets of things; inosculation.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > uninterrupted connection of parts > inosculation
exosculation1634
osculation1669
inosculation1673
interosculation1889
1889 Geikie in Nature 19 Sept. 487/2 The dovetailing and interosculation of boulder-clay with aqueous deposits are explained by the relation of the ice to the surface over which it flowed.
b. Connection of two things (e.g. distinct species) by something intermediate.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun]
yokeOE
relationa1398
respecta1398
report1523
society?1545
habitude1561
conjugation1605
necessitudea1626
attinency1632
dependencea1634
belonginga1648
respectiveness1650
nexure1652
synapsis1655
relative1657
rapport1660
proportion1664
schesis1678
relationship1724
appurtenance1846
relationality1866
interosculation1883
tie-up1927
tie-in1934
1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 6 July 1/2 The hawkweeds..display just this close interosculation of species.
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