单词 | osculate |
释义 | osculate —osculatory /os"kyeuh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. /os"kyeuh layt'/, v. , osculated, osculating. v.i. 1. to come into close contact or union. 2. Geom. (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. v.t. 3. to bring into close contact or union. 4. Geom. (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation. 5. to kiss. [1650-60; < L osculatus (ptp. of osculari to kiss), equiv. to oscul(um) kiss, lit., little mouth (see OSCULUM) + -atus -ATE1] |
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