Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, a.

1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory ceremony." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

2. (Geom.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point. [1913 Webster]

Osculatory circle. (Geom.) See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle.

Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane which passes through three successive points of the curve.

Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a sphere passing through four consecutive points of the curve. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, n. [LL. osculatorium. See Osculate.]

(R. C. Ch.) Same as Pax, 2. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, a.

1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. ``The osculatory ceremony.'' --Thackeray.

2. (Geom.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point.

Osculatory circle. (Geom.) See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle.

Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane which passes through three successive points of the curve.

Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a sphere passing through four consecutive points of the curve.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, n. [LL. osculatorium. See Osculate.]

(R. C. Ch.) Same as Pax, 2.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)