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osculation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | contact |
| Derivation | osculate |
Examples of osculation
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Globalisation has shrunk that figure, so that osculation now rules in most societies that are touched by the modern world.
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It stands fragrantly like a bride at the altar, awaiting the embrace of fresh butter and an osculation of jam.
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The book showcases 50 photos of great silver-screen kisses and reprints the dialogue that precedes the moment of osculation.
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An unhappy and uninteresting hybrid of Lilith and Lolita, Luci is first seen putting on an exhibition of osculation for her delighted classmates, and things deteriorate-rather rapidly-from there.
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- (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
- Kiss: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
- (osculate) be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"
- (osculate) snog: touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"
- In mathematics, contact of order k of functions is an equivalence relation, corresponding to having the same value at a point P and also the same derivatives there, up to order k. The equivalence classes are generally called jets. The point of osculation is also called the double cusp.
- (Osculate) A kiss is the act of pressing one's lips against the lips or other body parts of another. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. A kiss may be used to express sentiments of love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, friendship, and good luck, among many others. ...
- (Osculate (mathematics)) In mathematics and geometry, an osculating curve is an extension of the concept of tangent. ...
- (osculate) To kiss someone or something; To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact; To make contact; To perform osculation
- (osculatory) A religious tablet, usually carrying a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which is kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace"); it is then passed to others at the mass who also kiss it
