Noah Webster
Osculation
OSCULA'TION, noun [Latin osculatio, a kissing.] In geometry, the contract between any given curve and its osculatory circle, that is, a circle of the same curvature with the given curve.
OSCULA'TION, noun [Latin osculatio, a kissing.] In geometry, the contract between any given curve and its osculatory circle, that is, a circle of the same curvature with the given curve.