ALL meanings of osculate
os·cu·late
O o - noun osculate (of a curve or surface) touch (another curve or surface) so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact. 1
- verb without object osculate to come into close contact or union. 1
- verb without object osculate Geometry. (of a curve) to touch another curve or another part of the same curve so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact. 1
- verb with object osculate to bring into close contact or union. 1
- verb with object osculate Geometry. (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation or close contact. 1
- verb with object osculate to kiss. 1
- verb osculate to kiss 0
- verb osculate (of an organism or group of organisms) to be intermediate between two taxonomic groups 0
- verb osculate to touch in osculation 0
- verb transitive osculate to touch closely 0