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osculation

[ os-kyuh-ley-shuhn ]

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noun

osculation

/ ˌɒskjʊˈleɪʃən; ˈɒskjʊlətərɪ; -trɪ /

Also calledtacnode maths a point at which two branches of a curve have a common tangent, each branch extending in both directions of the tangent
rare.
the act or an instance of kissing

1650–60; < Latin ōsculātiōn- (stem of ōsculātiō ) a kissing, equivalent to ōsculāt ( us ) ( osculate ) + -iōn- -ion

I think I am able to assure the reader that in her head the osculation had given birth to no reveries.

If there was anything in the way of osculation that that member of an old Austrian family didn't know, I've got to find it out.

Whatever he projected in the nature of an enduring osculation was spoiled as Gladwin dropped the bag to the floor with a crash.

Then the crowns were removed and kissed by each of the marrying pair, the bridegroom first performing the osculation.

Out of the Egyptian darkness came the unmistakable sounds of osculation in various parts of the room.

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