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osculate

[os-kyuh-leyt] / ˈɒs kjəˌleɪt /
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kiss
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V. be contiguous &c. adj.; join, adjoin, abut on, march with; graze, touch, meet, osculate, come in contact, coincide; coexist; adhere &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Obedient then to Nature's law, With her they did associate, Squeeze tiny hands and osculate; Her tresses curled in fashion saw, And oft in whispers would impart A maiden's secrets—of the heart.

From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry

Find the equation of the osculating circle of the helix defined by the function y = x3 − 3x + 1 at x = 1.

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Figure 3.10 The osculating circle has radius R = 1/6.

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Therefore, the radius of the osculating circle is given by R = 1 = 1.

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Lat, the plane determined by the vectors T and N forms the osculating plane of C at any point P on the curve.

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The essential principle of Lagrange’s elegant method consists in determining the variations of this osculating ellipse, the co-ordinates and velocities of the planet being ignored in the determination.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various




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