Osculation

[,ɒskju'leiʃәn]

解释:

(noun.) (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent.

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解释:

(n.) The act of kissing; a kiss.

(n.) The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve.

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