Obsolete form of osculum.

plural of oscule

Kissing; hence, touching or meeting; clinging. / (zoology) Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars.

(mathematics) a form of tacinvariant of hypersurfaces that have a point in common

(Bantu linguistics) The state of being osculant.

plural of 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