osculation
The action of kissing.
Noun
- The action of kissing.
- A kiss.
- The Major she held to be a sort of Bayard among Majors: and as for her son Arthur she worshipped that youth with an ardour which the young scapegrace accepted almost as coolly as the statue of the Saint in Saint Peter’s...
- A close contact.
- A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent.
- The determination of whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.
Origin
From Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”), from ōsculor (“to kiss”). By surface analysis, osculate + -ion.
Forms
Related
inosculation interosculation oscular osculate osculatory osculum