Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory
ceremony." --Thackeray.
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2. (Geom.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an
osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be
osculatory with a curve, at a given point.
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{Osculatory circle}. (Geom.) See {Osculating circle of a
curve}, under {Circle}.
{Osculatory plane} (to a curve of double curvature), a plane
which passes through three successive points of the curve.
{Osculatory sphere} (to a line of double curvature), a sphere
passing through four consecutive points of the curve.
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