Osculatory

Osculatory , adjective

Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.

The osculatory ceremony. — Thackeray

(Geometry) 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.

Collocations (3)

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

Osculatory plane , 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.

Osculatory , noun

[Late Latin osculatorium. See Osculate.]

(Roman Catholic Church) Same as Pax, 2.