Definitions for osculates

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osculates os·cu·late

Spelling: [os-kyuh-leyt]

IPA: /ˈɒs kyəˌleɪt/

Osculates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 605 anagrams from letters in osculates (acelosstu).

Definitions for osculates

verb (used with object)

1. to bring into close contact or union.
2. Geometry. (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation or close contact.
3. to kiss.

verb (used without object)

1. to come into close contact or union.
2. 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.

Origin of osculates

1650-60; Latin ōsculātus (past participle of ōsculārī to kiss), equivalent to ōscul(um) kiss, literally, little mouth (see osculum) + -ātus Examples for osculates

The circle is then said to “osculate” the curve, or to have “contact of the second order” with it at P.