Look up: osculatory


  1. Osculatory
    Os'cu·la·to·ry adjective 1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. 'The osculatory ceremony.' Thackeray. 2. (Geom.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle ma...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/37

  2. Osculatory
    Os'cu·la·to·ry noun [ Late Latin osculatorium . See Osculate .] (R. C. Ch.) Same as Pax , 2.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/37

  3. osculatory
    Same as Pax. ... Origin: LL. Osculatorium. See Osculate. ... 1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. 'The osculatory ceremony.' ... 2. <geometry> 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. Os...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?osculatory

  4. Osculatory
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. • (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. • (n.) Same as Pax, 2.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/osculatory/

  5. osculatory
    osculatory 1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing: 'The osculatory ceremony.' 2. In church history, a tablet or board, with the picture of Christ or the virgin, etc. which is kissed by the priest and then delivered to the people for the same purpose. 3. An osculatory circle, in geometry, is a cir...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1524/

  6. osculatory
    osculation, osculatory 1. The act of kissing. 2. A kiss. 3. Close contact. 4. In mathematics, a contact, as between two curves or surfaces, at three or more common points.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1524/

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