osculating circle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of osculating circle
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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The osculating circle is tangent to a curve at a point and has the same curvature as the tangent curve at that point.
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Find the equation of the osculating circle of the helix defined by the function y = x3 − 3x + 1 at x = 1.
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Figure 3.8 In this osculating circle, the circle is tangent to curve C at point P and shares the same curvature.
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Figure 3.9 We want to find the osculating circle of this graph at the point where t = 1.
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For the osculating circle at any point includes the whole of the curve which lies beyond; and the successive convolutions envelop one another without intersection.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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