osculatrix

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noun

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.

OriginNew Latin osculātrīx ← Latin osculor →
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Meanings

nounosculatrix (plural osculatrices)

plural osculatrices

  1. geometryA 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.

Origin

  1. Latinosculor“to kiss”
  2. New Latinosculātrīx
  3. Englishosculatrix

From New Latin osculātrīx (literally “female kisser”), from Latin osculor (“to kiss”) + -trīx.

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APA

osculatrix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osculatrix

MLA

“osculatrix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osculatrix. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osculatrix,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osculatrix.

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