OSCULATE
\ˈɒskjʊlˌe͡ɪt], \ˈɒskjʊlˌeɪt], \ˈɒ_s_k_j_ʊ_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of OSCULATE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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mathematics: have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
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be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"
By Princeton University
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To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
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To kiss one another; to kiss.
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To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
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To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
By Oddity Software
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To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
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To kiss one another; to kiss.
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To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
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To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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OSCULATION.
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Geom. To touch, as two curves.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To have characters intermediate between two groups.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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