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1Osculating — Osculate Os cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Osculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Osculating}.] [L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth. See {Oral}, and cf. {Oscillate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To kiss.… …
2osculating orbit — noun (astronomy) An ellipse whose elements represent the actual position and velocity of a comet at a given moment (the epoch of osculation) • • • Main Entry: ↑osculant …
3Osculating orbit — In astronomy, and in particular in astrodynamics, the osculating orbit of an object in space (at a given moment of time) is the gravitational Kepler orbit (i.e. ellipse or other conic) that it would have about its central body (corresponding to… …
4Osculating circle — Kissing circles redirects here. For Descartes theorem on mutually tangent (kissing) circles, see Descartes theorem. An osculating circle In differential geometry of curves, the osculating circle of a sufficiently smooth plane curve at a given… …
5Osculating curve — A curve C containing a point P where the radius of curvature equals r, together with the tangent line and the osculating circle touching C at P In mathematics and geometry, an osculating curve is an extension of the concept of tangent. A tangent… …
6Osculating plane — A space curve, Frenet–Serret frame, and the osculating plane (spanned by T and N). In mathematics, particularly in differential geometry, an osculating plane is a plane in a Euclidean space or affine space which meets a submanifold at a point in… …
7Osculating circle of a curve — Circle Cir cle (s[ e]r k l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L. circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle, akin to Gr. kri kos, ki rkos, circle, ring. Cf. {Circus}, {Circum }.] [1913 Webster] 1. A plane figure, bounded by a single… …
8osculating — adjective Having three or more points coincident with another …
9osculating — os·cu·late || É‘skjÉ™leɪt / É’skÊŠ v. kiss; touch a curved surface …
10osculating circle — Math. See circle of curvature. [1810 20] * * * …
