simple past tense and past participle of osculate

plural of osculator

(Vedic arithmetic) An algorithm for performing osculation. / (rare, mathematics) A circle of osculation. / Someone who kisses.

Obsolete form of osculum.

plural of oscule

(Bantu linguistics) The state of being osculant.

(mathematics, for any point on a curve) The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve.

The orbit that an astronomical body such as a planet, asteroid, comet or satellite would follow if suddenly all perturbing forces other than the gravitational attraction of the Sun or (for a satellite) its planet were to disappear.

plural of osculating orbit

plural of osculating circle