"osculating circle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: osculating circles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} osculating circle (plural osculating circles)
  1. (geometry, for any point on a curve) The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve. Categories (topical): Circle, Curves, Geometry Related terms: centre of curvature, radius of curvature Translations (notion in mathematics): cercle osculateur [masculine] (French), Schmiegkreis [feminine] (German), Krümmungskreis [feminine] (German)

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