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osculant
osculant, a. (ˈɒskjuːlənt) [ad. L. osculānt-em, pr. pple. of osculārī to kiss.] 1. Kissing. rare.In mod. Dicts. 2. Situated between and connecting two things; intermediate; spec. in Nat. Hist. applied to two species, genera, or families, that are united by some common characters, and to an intermedi... Oxford English Dictionary
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Osculant
In mathematical invariant theory, the osculant or tacinvariant or tact invariant is an invariant of a hypersurface that vanishes if the hypersurface touches wikipedia.org
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Osculate
In mathematics, osculate, meaning to touch (from the Latin osculum meaning kiss), may refer to: osculant, an invariant of hypersurfaces osculating circle wikipedia.org
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osculate
▪ I. osculate, a. (ˈɒskjʊlət) [f. L. oscul-um + -ate2.] Furnished with oscula: see osculum 3.1857 Mayne Expos. Lex., Osculatus, having well marked little mouths or suckers, as the Tænia osculata: osculate.▪ II. osculate, v. (ˈɒskjʊleɪt) [f. ppl. stem of L. osculārī to kiss, f. osculum little mouth, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cheiroptera
‖ ˈCheiroptera, n. pl. Zool. (kaɪˈrɒptərə) Rarely chir-. [mod.L. (Cuvier), f. Gr. χειρο- hand- + -πτερος winged. (Cheiropter [= F. chiroptère] has been used as a singular.)] An order of Mammalia, distinguished by greatly elongated fingerbones supporting a membrane or ‘wing’ attached to the posterior... Oxford English Dictionary
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