Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Osculation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Osculation \Os`cu*la"tion\, n. [L. osculatio a kissing: cf. F.
osculation.]
1. The act of kissing; a kiss.
2. (Geom.) The contact of one curve with another, when the
number of consecutive points of the latter through which
the former passes suffices for the complete determination
of the former curve. --Brande & C.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
osculation
n : a caress with the lips [syn: {kiss}, {buss}]
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