"osculation" meaning in English

See osculation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɒs.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɒs.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɑs.kjuˈleɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], /ˌɑs.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-osculation.ogg Forms: osculations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”), from osculor (“I kiss”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ōsculātiō||a kissing}} Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} osculation (countable and uncountable, plural osculations)
  1. The action of kissing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-osculation-en-noun-HQreduIg
  2. A kiss. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-osculation-en-noun-1jfqX9M7
  3. A close contact. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-osculation-en-noun-gyQALFWI
  4. (mathematics) A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (a contact between curves or surfaces): oskulation [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-osculation-en-noun-iBah0-DU Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a contact between curves or surfaces': 2 0 8 87 3
  5. (Vedic arithmetic) Determining whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits. Tags: Vedic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Arithmetic
    Sense id: en-osculation-en-noun--dEh-vHc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 3 3 34 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 4 4 34 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 6 6 22 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 5 5 16 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 5 5 16 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 5 5 21 52 Topics: arithmetic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inosculation, interosculation, oscular, osculate, osculatory, osculum

Inflected forms

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