Meaning

5 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The action of kissing.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A kiss.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A close contact.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent.

    (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent

  5. (Vedic, countable, uncountable)The determination of whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”), from ōsculor (“to kiss”). By surface analysis, osculat

From Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”), from ōsculor (“to kiss”). By surface analysis, osculate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: osculations
Singularosculation
Pluralosculations

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof):kissbuss

Word family

7 related words
Relatedinosculationinterosculationoscularosculateosculatoryosculum
Derivedoscnode

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
orthographyoryxoscillateosmosisospreyostensiblyC2ostentation
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