osculation

The action of kissing.

Noun

  1. The action of kissing.
  2. 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...
  3. A close contact.
  4. A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent.
  5. 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

osculations

Related

inosculation interosculation oscular osculate osculatory osculum

Derived

oscnode