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osculatory (adjective), more osculatory, most osculatory
1. Of or pertaining to the act of kissing: The osculatory tradition is when couples kiss at the end of the wedding ceremony.
2. In church history, a reference to a tablet or board, with the picture of Christ or the virgin, etc.: An osculatory tablet is kissed by the priest and then delivered to the people for the same purpose.
3. In geometry, relating to a circle that has the same curvature with any other curve at any given point: Mr. Smart showed his students an osculatory example on a transparency and explained that the point at which two branches of a curve have a common tangent, each branch extending in both directions of the tangent
2. In church history, a reference to a tablet or board, with the picture of Christ or the virgin, etc.: An osculatory tablet is kissed by the priest and then delivered to the people for the same purpose.
3. In geometry, relating to a circle that has the same curvature with any other curve at any given point: Mr. Smart showed his students an osculatory example on a transparency and explained that the point at which two branches of a curve have a common tangent, each branch extending in both directions of the tangent