"osculant" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Latin osculans, osculantis, present participle of osculari (“to kiss”). See osculate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|osculans}} Latin osculans, {{m|la|osculantis}} osculantis, {{m|la|osculari||to kiss}} osculari (“to kiss”), {{m|en|osculate}} osculate Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} osculant (not comparable)
  1. Kissing; hence, touching or meeting; clinging. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-osculant-en-adj-6U0~cwoC
  2. (zoology) Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-osculant-en-adj-LdmDVPqd Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (biology) Intermediate between two genera, groups, families, etc., and having some of the characteristics of each; interosculant. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-osculant-en-adj-xaWBVDsc Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (Bantu linguistics) Intermediate between multiple potentially reconstructible protoforms, but having a mismatch in semantics or morphology that cannot be explained through regular patterns of change. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-osculant-en-adj-tNqupjjK
  5. (geometry) Tangent, touching at a single point. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-osculant-en-adj-qYBBUvKM Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Noun [English]

Forms: osculants [plural]
Etymology: From Latin osculans, osculantis, present participle of osculari (“to kiss”). See osculate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|osculans}} Latin osculans, {{m|la|osculantis}} osculantis, {{m|la|osculari||to kiss}} osculari (“to kiss”), {{m|en|osculate}} osculate Head templates: {{en-noun}} osculant (plural osculants)
  1. (geometry) The point at which two tangent curves touch. Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-osculant-en-noun-mizZGfRK Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. (algebra) The condition that the solution to a set of simultaneous quantics, is also the solution of the corresponding set of tangential quantics. Categories (topical): Algebra
    Sense id: en-osculant-en-noun-HE7B7ZHT Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: osculance

Noun [English]

Forms: osculants [plural]
Etymology: From Latin osculans, osculantis, present participle of osculari (“to kiss”). See osculate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|osculans}} Latin osculans, {{m|la|osculantis}} osculantis, {{m|la|osculari||to kiss}} osculari (“to kiss”), {{m|en|osculate}} osculate Head templates: {{en-noun}} osculant (plural osculants)
  1. (mathematics) a form of tacinvariant of hypersurfaces that have a point in common Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: tacinvariant
    Sense id: en-osculant-en-noun-oCkZt74x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 14 17 15 9 4 16 22 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to kiss"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "osculate"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin osculans, osculantis, present participle of osculari (“to kiss”). See osculate.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
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        "a form of tacinvariant of hypersurfaces that have a point in common"
      ],
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          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
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          "hypersurface"
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          "point"
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
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    {
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}

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