Osculatory

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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. Osculatory circle. (Geom.) See Osculating circle ofa curve, under Circle.-- Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane whichpasses through three successive points of the curve.-- Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a spherepassing through four consecutive points of the curve.