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osculate
[ os-kyuh-leyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to come into close contact or union.
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to bring into close contact or union.
- Geometry. (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation or close contact.
- to kiss.
osculate
/ Ëɲõ°ìÂáÊ˱ô±ðɪ³Ù /
verb
- humorous.to kiss
- intr (of an organism or group of organisms) to be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
- geometry to touch in osculation
Other yÐÄvlog Forms
- ŽÇ²õ·³Š³Ü·±ô²¹Â·³ÙŽÇ·°ù²â [os, -ky, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·ŽÇ²õîc³Ü·±ô²¹³Ùî e»å adjective
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of osculate1
Example Sentences
She felt fortunate that Roman Catholic weddings donât require the couple to âosculate,â a fancy word for kiss.
The depictions of make-out sessions, with actors seeming to osculate the lens, offer a clinical perspective.
It gleams and sparkles in the sunlight and invites lovers to enter and osculate.
In superconducting metals, atoms are aligned in such a way that their orbits tangentially osculate each other, thus allowing electrons to pass smoothly from one atomâs orbit to the next.
When a point of such a curve is given, the osculating plane is determined, hence all the curves through a given point with the same tangent have the same torsion.
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