What is the meaning of OSCU. Phrases containing OSCU
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n.
Same as Pax, 2.
pl.
of Osculum
v. i.
To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
a.
Uniting two groups; -- said of certain genera which connect family groups, or of species that connect genera. See Osculant.
v. t.
To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
n.
A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point, is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.
v. i.
To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
n.
The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Osculate
n.
The act of kissing; a kiss.
v. i. & t.
To kiss together to touch. See Osculate.
n.
One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.
imp. & p. p.
of Osculate
n.
A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.
a.
Intermediate in character, or on the border, between two genera, groups, families, etc., of animals or plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each, thus forming a connecting link; interosculant; as, the genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera.
n.
Same as Oscule.
a.
Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.
n.
A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.
pl.
of Osculatrix
a.
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.
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